The butter cow featured in the Smithsonian's "State Fairs" exhibit is carved from 800 pounds of butter, which arrived frozen and needed to be warmed and worked in a catering kitchen near the sculpture's custom-made refrigerated case.
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The butter cow featured in "State Fairs: Growing American Craft," an exhibition at the Renwick Gallery, sits in a custom-made refrigerated case. Carved by Sarah, Grace and Hannah Pratt, the sculpture, titled "Curious Regard," is butter over a wood and metal armature.
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Grace, Hannah and Sarah Pratt pose next to an art installation that appeared in the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery where the butter cow sculpture they would carve for the State Fairs exhibit would eventually be on display a year later.
Sarah Pratt made a small butter sculpture of Caroline Shawk Brooks, widely considered the world's first butter sculptress, to test how long sculpted butter could last. More than two years later, the sculpture is still in Pratt's mini-fridge.
Grace and Hannah Pratt pose with their mom, Sarah Pratt, at the opening party for the Smithsonian's State Fairs exhibit at the Renwick Gallery in Washington D.C.
The butter cow featured in "State Fairs: Growing American Craft," an exhibition at the Renwick Gallery, sits in a custom-made refrigerated case. Carved by Sarah, Grace and Hannah Pratt, the sculpture, titled "Curious Regard," is butter over a wood and metal armature.
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The butter cow featured in the Smithsonian's "State Fairs" exhibit is carved from 800 pounds of butter, which arrived frozen and needed to be warmed and worked in a catering kitchen near the sculpture's custom-made refrigerated case.
Smithsonian American Art Museum via USA Today Network
The butter cow featured in "State Fairs: Growing American Craft," an exhibition at the Renwick Gallery, sits in a custom-made refrigerated case. Carved by Sarah, Grace and Hannah Pratt, the sculpture, titled "Curious Regard," is butter over a wood and metal armature.
Smithsonian American Art Museum via USA Today Network
Grace, Hannah and Sarah Pratt pose next to an art installation that appeared in the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery where the butter cow sculpture they would carve for the State Fairs exhibit would eventually be on display a year later.
Sarah Pratt made a small butter sculpture of Caroline Shawk Brooks, widely considered the world's first butter sculptress, to test how long sculpted butter could last. More than two years later, the sculpture is still in Pratt's mini-fridge.
Grace and Hannah Pratt pose with their mom, Sarah Pratt, at the opening party for the Smithsonian's State Fairs exhibit at the Renwick Gallery in Washington D.C.
The butter cow featured in "State Fairs: Growing American Craft," an exhibition at the Renwick Gallery, sits in a custom-made refrigerated case. Carved by Sarah, Grace and Hannah Pratt, the sculpture, titled "Curious Regard," is butter over a wood and metal armature.
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