Jim Victor has created effigies of a cow riding a motorbike, a girl carrying milk churns and another girl lying on a bed wearing only a bikini.
Also included in the dairy collection are a detailed model of a farm and a sculpture of a farmer milking a cow. The sculptures can take Jim up to a month to craft in his special workshop, which is kept to a temperature of just under 13 degrees to ensure the butter doesn't melt. And 63 year old Jim says that working at that low temperature means the butter behaves exactly like clay and is easy to mould.
He said: "Butter is fairly easy to work with but you must maintain a cool enough temperature in your work space to be successful - 13 degrees is essential. "It works like clay at that temperature. I find that larger sculptures work better than smaller ones since it is such a soft material. I use clay modeling tools that I make from wood to model the butter."
Jim built his first model out of butter in 1995 when he carefully sculpted a piece commemorating the Battle of the Bulge. Dad of two Jim says he can spend up to a month on some of the more complex designs, but most of them take him no more than 10 days. He added: "It depends on the size and complexity of the job. As well as butter I also work with cheese, chocolate and fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables are the most challenging and the most interesting since I have more colours and textures to work with."
He added that his favourite food sculpture was made entirely from Italian food products done to celebrate Columbus day in New York. Jim, from Pennsylvania, USA, has also crafted chocolate sculptures of movie stars Mickey Rooney and Robin Williams as well as legendary crooner Louis Armstrong.
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