Race fans at the Indiana State Fair have been able to enjoy a unique sculpture made out of cheese that commemorates the American Dairy Association of Indiana’s involvement with the Indianapolis 500.
Cheese artist Sarah Kaufmann unveiled her masterpiece entitled “Winners Drink Milk” on Aug. 13. The finished sculpture depicts a race winner drinking milk surrounded by an IndyCar Series car and the sculpture’s title. The piece, complete with milk dripping from the lips of the victor, took 67 hours to create.
The sculpture is made of Indiana cheddar cheese and weighs nearly 1,300 pounds. It took two blocks of cheese weighing 640 pounds each to create the sculpture. The ADA commissioned the sculpture to celebrate the tradition of the Indianapolis 500 winner drinking milk in Victory Circle.
Kaufmann, a Wisconsin native known as “The Cheese Lady,” has sculpted cheese to resemble 1969 Indy 500 winner Mario Andretti and Rahal Letterman Racing co-owner David Letterman.
“Winners Drink Milk” will be on display in the Our Land Pavilion until the end of the Indiana State Fair on Aug. 19. After the State Fair, the cheese sculpture will be processed into feed for Indiana farm animals.
3 Comments on “Indy Cheese Sculpture”
He he…!
Great, never knew cheese was also a media for sculpting. Wonder how he got trained in it… The sculpture created is facinating and that too in just 67 hours.
Do the sculptures get paid???
funny art to pursue.
He he…!
Great, never knew cheese was also a media for sculpting. Wonder how he got trained in it… The sculpture created is facinating and that too in just 67 hours.
Do the sculptures get paid???
funny art to pursue.
He he…!
Great, never knew cheese was also a media for sculpting. Wonder how he got trained in it… The sculpture created is facinating and that too in just 67 hours.
Do the sculptures get paid???
funny art to pursue.