The 2016 Ohio State Fair is upon us and that means butter sculptures. This year’s culinary craftsmanship includes, among other works of art, a display honoring the Cavs’ NBA championship.
Sculptures of the Cavs logo, the Larry O’Brien Trophy and mascots Moondog and Sir C.C. (and a couple cows in there for good measure) are complete after 400 hours of crafting by Ohio-based artist Ted Hendricks.
The Dairy Farmers of America donated the 2,150 pounds of butter used in the Herculean artistic task.
This article appears in Jul 20-26, 2016.