Butter sculpture has a long history. Snoyer doesn’t claim to have invented anything, but her methods and technique are novel. She eschews the folk art rosettes and floral motifs of traditional ...

Mr. Brooke uses tools that can be found in art stores to mold clay and ceramics. Butter is much more sensitive to temperature than traditional sculpting materials. A hunk of freshly softened ...

"All my tools are exclusively for butter," he said. "I use new gloves for every butter sculpture." The butter sculpting booth is located in the Dairy Building at Judson Avenue and Underwood Street.

Since 2006, Sarah Pratt of West Des Moines has wielded her sculpting tools and used butter to shape the butter cow at the Iowa State Fair. This year, the ode to the butter cow gets a companion ...

But I’m just really excited to be in the butter booth with Linda for her last butterhead.” On Friday, after finishing up with Euerle, Christensen will pass on one of her sculpting tools ...