Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2018-10-01/Gallery
{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Signpost-article-header-v2|{{{1|A pat on the back}}}|By Bri| 9 August 2018}}
{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Signpost-block-start-v2|fullwidth}}
For reasons we at The Signpost don't fully comprehend, the art of butter sculpture is popular at state fairs (and their Canadian equivalents) during the summer. To celebrate the last month of the season for those in the Northern hemisphere, here are some images of that pursuit.
The Dreaming Iolanthe from Henrik Hertz's play King René's Daughter 1876.jpg|alt=Photograph of a sculpture of a young woman's head and shoulders with intricate flowing hair, her face tilted to the bottom-right while her eyes appear closed—as carved in a tub of butter|The sculpture by Caroline Shawk Brooks started it all at the Centennial Exposition of 1876
CNE-Butter-Sculpture-and-Sculptor 2012.jpg|alt=Photograph of a young woman wrapped in thick winter clothing while sculpting a buttery bust of a man|A sculptor working in a refrigerated compartment at the 2012 Canadian National Exhibition
Butter udder (6043593127).jpg|alt=Photograph of a butter sculpture of a cow's veiny udder|Udderly meta
John K. Daniels's butter sculpture of Father Hennepin and guides discovering St. Anthony Falls, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904.jpg|alt=Photograph of an elaborate butter sculpture of a priest sitting in a boat with two guides exiting the boat, one of whom has clear indigenous American garb|Butter sculpture depicting Father Hennepin and guides discovering St. Anthony Falls, Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 in St. Louis
John K. Daniels’s butter sculpture of Teddy Roosevelt, Minnesota State Fair, 1910.jpg|alt=Photograph of a butter sculpture of Teddy Roosevelt by John K. Daniels at the 1910 Minnesota State Fair, depicting Roosevelt resting his left leg atop the carcass of a lion he ostensibly shot while wearing a safari hunter outfit|Teddy Roosevelt sculpture, 1910 Minnesota State Fair
{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Signpost-block-end-v2}}
{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Signpost-article-end-v2}}