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jarvis jones with food sculpture  Jarvis Jones

Jim Victor and Jarvis jones
Bust of Jarvis Jones
in various meat and vegetables, for Subway, April 2013
New York City
Jim Victor and Jarvis Jones
Photo credit: Diane Bondareff, www.dianebondareff.com



Chocolate sculpture in New Orleans by Jim Victor Food Sculpture   Chocolate sculpture in New Orleans by Jim Victor Food Sculpture   Chocolate sculpture in New Orleans by Jim Victor Food Sculpture   Chocolate sculpture in New Orleans by Jim Victor Food Sculpture

Chocolate sculpture in New Orleans by Jim Victor Food Sculpture   Chocolate sculpture in New Orleans by Jim Victor Food Sculpture   Chocolate sculpture in New Orleans by Jim Victor Food Sculpture   Chocolate sculpture in New Orleans by Jim Victor Food Sculpture   Chocolate sculpture in New Orleans by Jim Victor Food Sculpture

Chocolate sculpture in New Orleans by Jim Victor Food Sculpture   Chocolate sculpture in New Orleans by Jim Victor Food Sculpture   Chocolate sculpture in New Orleans by Jim Victor Food Sculpture
Chocolate sculpture in New Orleans by Jim Victor Food Sculpture   Chocolate sculpture in New Orleans by Jim Victor Food Sculpture   Chocolate sculpture in New Orleans by Jim Victor Food Sculpture   Chocolate sculpture in New Orleans by Jim Victor Food Sculpture

Mars Event, 2013
New Orleans, LA
Chocolate Sculptures by Jim Victor Food Sculpture
Photos by Lauren Wells, lauren@jesgordon.com, www.jesgordon.com
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  PA Farm Show butter sculpture   PA Farm Show butter sculpture   PA Farm Show butter sculpture   PA Farm Show butter sculpture  

PA Farm Show butter sculpture   PA Farm Show butter sculpture   
Pennsylvania Farm Show, 2013
Harrisburg, PA
Butter sculpture by Marie Pelton and Jim Victor

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cheese sculpture borderfest 2013 cheese sculpture for borderfest 2013 cheese sculpture, aztec temple, borderfest 2013

Borderfest 2013
Hidalgo, TX
"Mexico" in Kraft Cheese, sculpture by Jim Victor



Buttersculpture at Big E 2012   cash cow butter sculpture Big E


Cash cow butter sculpture   cash cow Big E 2012
The "Big E," Eastern States Exhibition, Sept. 2013
West Springfield, MA, 2012
"Cash Cow" Butter sculpture by Marie Pelton and Jim Victor



Boys, cow York PA

ˆBoys and cow butter sculpture   Marie Pelton Butter Sculpture,York PA
York County Fair, York PA, 2012
Butter Sculpture by Marie Pelton
Butter sculpture by jimm Scannell   Chicken, sheep
Delaware County Fair, August, 2012
Walton, NY
Butter Sculpture by Jimm Scannell

Going for the gold 2012   cow in toga for

NY State Fair 2012
New York State Fair, August 2012
Syracuse, NY

"Going For the Gold" by Marie Pelton and Jim Victor



Cheese car for Los Angeles County Fair
Los Angeles County Fair, August, 2012
Pomona, CA
"Thummer's Ride" cheese sculpture by Jim Victor



Cheese sculpture for Borderfest, Hidalgo, Texas
Borderfest, March 2012
Hidalgo, Texas
Cheese sculpture by Jim Victor



twofiguressculpted with vegetables



Lyndsley E. Wilkerson Life Celebration, June 2012
Fruit and vegetable sculpture by Jim Victor and Marie Pelton

Cheese sculpture of the Colosseum
Roma Food Products Show, April 2012
New Jersey
Parmesan Cheese Colosseum sculpture by Jim Victor


Subway Event, Feb. 2012
NY, NY
Portrait of Robert Griffin III in Subway products by Jim Victor

Ms Brown chocolate sculpture for M&M MsBrown for M&M

M&M Event, Feb 2012
NY, NY
"Ms. Brown" by Marie Pelton in chocolate

M&M's Ms. Brown character made a personal appearance at the Chocolate Museum in SoHo, NYC, February 2012.
Sculpted by Marie Pelton,  this 300 pound chocolate creation took center stage at an event hosted by Vanessa Williams,
(the voice for Ms. Brown) and Mars Chocolate.

Vanessa Williams with M&M chocolate sculpture   
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Marie Pelton, Jim Victor


    

Butter sculpture for PA FArm Show 2012    Butter sculpture for Pennsylvania Farm Show 2012
One Hundredth Anniversary of 4H and Honoring County Fairs
Pennsylvania Farm Show, Harrisburg, PA, 2012




manatee in buttermanatee sculpted in butter front
manatee sculpted in butter

Butter Manatee and Diver
Manatee County Fair in Palmetto, FL. January, 2012

Btter sculpture of boy holding ice cfeaam to cow  Boy holding ice cream to cow
Delaware County Fair, Walton, NY
Butter Sculpture by Jimm Scannell for Jim Victor Food Sculpture, August, 2011

Roller coaster made of chocolate

"Let's Ride"
Tulsa State Fair, Tulsa, OK, October, 2011,
Chocolate, 6 1/2' high.


Butter sculpture of shearing sheep   btter sculpture of shearing sheep again

Jim Victor working on Girl Making Wool
Butter Sulpture for the
Eastern States Exposition (Big E)
West Springfield, MA, September 2011
girls looking at butter sculture

 

man preparing sheep for show    man getting sheep ready for show
Preparing for the Show
Butter Sculpture, Old Home Week, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, August 2011


lady with lunch wagon
Tribute to the Lunch Lady
Butter sculpture by Marie Pelton for Jim Victor Food Sculpture,
New York State Fair, Syracuse, NY, August 2011

Bread culpture mad eating pizza   Bread sculpture
Man Eating Pizza
Bread and Pasta
Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa, California, July 2011


tallow image of carousel ride    Chocolate elephant

Tallow Carousel Horse with Boy and Chocolate Elephant
by Marie Pelton, Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa, California, July 2011


Canadian Junior Championship trophy done in milk chocolate for the Hershey Center, Mississauga,Ontario, Canada May 19, 2011   closeup of hockey trophy
Canadian Junior Championship Trophy
done in milk chocolate for the Hershey Center, Mississauga,Ontario, Canada May 19, 2011, 24" high.
Done by Marie Pelton and Jim Victor.



Mark Ingram and food sculpture portrait at Subway    Mark Ingram and food sculpture portrait at SubwayMark Ingram and food sculpture portrait at Subway  Mark Ingram portrait by Jim Victor
Portrait of Mark Ingram for Subway Sandwich Shops
in bread, raisins, cranberries, and chicken salad .
Photos are by Diane Bondareff

Cheese sculpture for Borderfest 2011, Hidalgo Texas. March 3-6, 2011 Theme-Hawaii  Cheese sculpture for Borderfest 2011, Hidalgo Texas. March 3-6, 2011 Theme-Hawaii

Borderfest 2011, Hidalgo Texas. March 3-6, 2011
Cheese sculpture for a Hawaiian Theme


"Fuel up to Play 60"

Emmitt Smith with chocolate portrait busts of himself and NFL Hall of Fame inductees,
Dick Lebeau, Floyd Little, and John Randall done for Hershey. Hershey's Times Square Store, January 2011

Jim Victor and Emmitt Smith
Jim Victor working on portrait bust in chocolate of Emmitt Smith


Butter sculpture for Pennsylvania Farm Show, January 2011
"Fuel up to Play 60"

Pennsylvania Farm Show, January, 2011 butter sculpture
Patrick Thiele
Portrait in butter of Patrick Thiele
for his Minnesota State Fair themed retirement party, December 2010
Butter sculpture of ox and family for the Eastern States Exposition, Agawam, MA Sept. 2010

Butter sculpture for Big E, September 2010
"Family with Ox"
Butter sculpture designed by Marie Pelton for the
Eastern States Exposition (Big E), W. Springfield, MA
, September 2010


girl with sheep   butter sculpture, poodle
Butter Sculpture by Jimm Scannell
Delaware County Fair, August 2010
Butter Sculpture for New York State fair, Syracuse, NY 2010

Butter Sculpture for New York State fair, Syracuse, NY 2010

Butter Sculpture for New York State fair, Syracuse, NY 2010

Butter Sculpture for New York State fair, Syracuse, NY 2010  Butter Sculpture for New York State fair, Syracuse, NY 2010
"Dairyville"
Butter sculpture designed by Marie Pelton
New York State Fair, Syracuse, NY, August 2010


Butter sculpture for the San Diego Fair



Butter sculpture for the San Diego Fair

Crowd at San Diego fair  crowd at San Diego Fair

"The Burgers of LA"
Butter sculpture, San Diego County Fair, July 2010


"American Gothic" done in vegetables for the Orange County Fair The Mona Lisa done in vegetables for the Orange County Fair Michaelangelo's "David" carved out of butter for the Orange County Fair

"American Gothic" in produce           "Mona Lisa" in Italian food products                   "David" as surfer, in butter

For the Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa, CA, July 2010

Chocolate sculpture of Venus from Botticelli's painting
"Birth of Venus"
Marie Pelton, Orange County Fair, July 2010

Andy Warhol's "Marilyn" in marshmallows  Van Gogh's Starry night in candy
Andy Warhol's "Marilyn Monroe" in Marshmallows                           "Starry Night" by Van Gogh in Candy          
Marie Pelton, Orange County Fair, July 2010


Ndamukong Suh   CJ SpillerNdamukong Suh & CJ Spiller
Pepperoni, Cheese and Olives for Subway Sandwich Shops, March 2010

Jim Victor & Ndamukong Suh

Jim Victor with Ndamukong Suh sculpture for Subway


   Chocolagte Cowboy

Chocolate Cowboy
for Printpak reception, City Club, Ft. Worth Texas, March 2010


Cheese cow for Johnson City
Cheese Cow for Farm Day at the Mall, Johnson City, NY 2010, Mar. 2010

Peanut rittle house

Peanut Brittle House for the Salzman-Manus Valentine Day's Ball, 2010.


cheese sculpture for Borderfest 2010

Borderfest, Cheese Sculpture 2010, Hidalgo, TX


Jim Victor at Topsfield Fair
Jim Victor and butter cow at the Topsfield Fair, 2009
butter sculpture at the Big E jim victor butter sculpture at the Big E Jim Victor sculpture at the Big E
Butter Sculpture at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, MA, September 2009
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ˆNebraaka Fair Jim Victor with butter sculpture, Nebraska State Fair Nebraska State Fair
Jim Victor at the Nebraska State Fair, August, 2009
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photos by Joel Sartore
Butter sculpture of Pigs by Jimm Scannell for Jim Victor Food Sculpture Pig sculpture in butter by jimm Scannell
"Mother and Children"
Buttersculpture done for the Delaware County Fair in Walton, NY, August, 2009 by Jimm Scannell

Chocolate car  Kyle Bush

The Mars M&M car in chocolate at Chicagoland Speedway, July 2009 with Driver, Kyle Bush

Kyle Bush, Jim Victor, Marie Pelton
Driver Kyle Bush, Sculptors Jim Victor and
Marie Pelton with the M&M Chocolate Car

Mars M&M Chocolate Car
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Borderfest 2009 cheese sculpture

Cheese Sculpture, Borderfest, 2009


Cow jumps over the moon, in butter, by Jim Victor Cow jumps over the moon, rear view
the little dog laughed, in butter

"The Cow Jumped Over the Moon"

Butter Sculpture,
New York State Fair, Syracuse, NY, 2008

 

View of butter booth where cow jumped over the moon is exhibited


Soldier's family for Pennsylvania Farm Show Soldier's Family for PA Farm Show

"A Soldier"s Family,"
2009 Pennsylvania Farm Show Butter Sculpture in Harrisburg, PA



Butter sculpture done for "Silver Dollar City", Branson, MO 2008 Butter sculpture done for "Silver Dollar City", Branson, MO 2008
"Farm Life"
Butter sculpture done for "Silver Dollar City", Branson, MO 2008

 
"Barnyard" Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA, 2008 Butter Sculpture "Barnyard" Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA, 2008 Butter Sculpture
"Barnyard"
Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA, 2008
Butter Sculpture


"Kids and Calves"

Cheddar Cheese Sculpture by Jim Victor
Nebraska State Fair 2008, Lincoln, NE

"Kids and Calves"  Cheddar Cheese Sculpture by Jim Victor Nebraska State Fair 2008, Lincoln, NE


Paula Deen's Grandson  Butter Sculpture by Marie Pelton, for Paula Deen Show pilot Atlantic City, NJ; July 2008 Land O' Lakes School Lunch Program Conference  Butter Sculpture by Marie Pelton, Lowes Hotel, Philadelphia, PA; July 2008

Paula Deen's Grandson

Butter Sculpture by Marie Pelton, for Paula Deen Show pilot
Atlantic City, NJ; July 2008

Land O' Lakes School Lunch Program Conference

Butter Sculpture by Marie Pelton, Lowes Hotel, Philadelphia, PA; July 2008



"Obama and McCain"

Butter Sculpture by Marie Pelton
Erie County Fair 2008,
Hamburg, NY

John McCain & Barack Obama in butter by Marie Pelton for Jim Victor Food Sculpture


Butter sculpture of girl pulling goat by jim Scannell for Jim Victor Food Sculpture


"Getting her goat,"

Butter sculpture by Jimm Scannell from The Delaware County Fair in NY, August, 2008; Walton, NY



Marie with sculpture

Artist Marie Pelton with work in progress

Wilkerson Portrait

Portrait of Barbara Wilkerson
commissioned for her birthday, 2008

Wilkerson portrait & wilkerson

Barbara and her portrait


Pennsylvania State Farm Show,
PA State Farm Show, kids PA Farm Show, School Bus
Pennsylvania State Farm Show, 2008
Butter Sculpture
Jim Victor and Jimm Scannell

Borderfest Chinese dragon
Borderfest 2008
Hidalgo, Texas


Fidel Castro portrait out of fruit
Fidel in Vegetables
Cleopatra in Chocolate
Cleopatra in Chocolate
"Dictators Ball"
Manus-Salzmann Valentine's Day Ball, San Francisco, CA 2008.
Portrait of Latourette by Scannell "Portrait of Dick Latourette on Horseback"
done for the 2007 Delaware County Fair in Walton, NY.

by Jimm Scannell
for Jim Victor Food Sculpture

New York State Fair, Butter Sculpture New York State Fair
New  York State Fair, boy 

"Cows in Pasture"

New York State Fair
Syracuse, NY
2007


Big E butter sculpture Big E butter sculpture

Big E butter sculpture

"All Cow Dairy"

Eastern States Exhibition
(Big E)
West Springfield, MA
2007

Big E butter sculpture


Chocolate covered Jeep
Actual Jeep, one of 7 covered with chocolate for "Sweetest Day the Jeep Way", Cleveland, OH, 10/07

Jim Victor carving cheese at the Nebraaska State Fair
cheese sculpture at Nebraska State Fair
Cheese Sculpture at the 2007 Nebraska State Fair, Lincoln Nebraska
photos by Rita Thomas

William Penn in Vegetables by Jim Victor
closeup of Wm Penn in vegetables
"William Penn"—local food sculpture
"Greenfest", September 9, 2007, Philadelphia, PA
 

In March of 2007, Jim Victor and his wife, Marie Pelton, were invited by ET Promotions to create some food sculptures at the "Festival Walk" in a mall in Hong Kong. They carved food out of chocolate,white and dark, coloring the white chocolate with spices or glazing it for color. The following photos are about that trip and the work they did. Click on a thumbnail to see a larger picture.


Jim Victor, Marie Pelton and Evilyn Liu

Marie Pelton, Evilyn Liu
and Jim Victor, holding a hamburger and fries made
out of chocolate.

Jim Victor and Marie Pelton with Kyra lam and another mean in hong Kong

Jim, Kyra, Michelle
and Marie.

Jim Victor, Marie pelton and Kyra Lm in hong Kong

Marie Pelton, Kyra Lam, Jim Victor and a Sundae made of chocolate

Kids in hong Kong

Hong Kong children
watching the process


The space in the Hong Kong mall where Jim and Marie worked

The Chocolate Studio at the Festival Walk

Bottle and glass of wine carved from chocolate

Wine bottle and drink glass
made of chocolate

Marie pelton working in hong kong

Marie Pelton working.

 Chinese newspaper

Cut out from a newspaper
article featuring Jim and Marie.


Hamburger carved out of chocolate in hong kong

Hamburger and fries made from chocolate.

Land o' Lakes poster in hong Kong

Land O' Lakes sponsored
cheese for the event.

jim Victor showing Hong Kong entertainers how to work with chocolate

Jim shows Chinese entertainment personalities how to work
with chocolate.

Hot chocolate carved out of chocolate in hong Kong

Cup of, well, chocolate,
made from chocolate.


Dim sum carved out of chocolate in hong Kong

Dim sum made
from chocolate.

peking duck carved out of chocolate in hong Kong

Peking Duck made
from cheese & chocolate.

ibs carved out of chocolate in hong Kong

Rack of Lamb made
from chocolate.

shrimp

Tempura made
from chocolate.


Sundae carved out of chocolate in hong Kong

Banana Split made
from chocolate.

sushi

Sushi and sashimi
made from chocolate.

turkey

Turkey made from chocolate.

 

 


 
Ben Franklin looking at Liberty Bell ben Franklin looking at Liberty Bell
"Ben Franklin Reading the Words on the Liberty Bell"

Butter Sculpture
2007 Pennsylvania Farm Show
Harrisburg, PA

Butter sculture take-off on Mt. Rushmore

"Mount Rushmoo"
Butter Sculpture

Arizona State Fair
Phoenix Arizona
2006

"What was Mt. Rushmoo sculpted out of?"

Jeopardy question, 3/5/08

 


Big E butter sculpture
"Cheerleaders"
Butter Sculpture
2006 Eastern States Exhibition
West Springfield, MA


"World Cup"
Cheese and Vegetables
for Sorrento Cheese
Festival in Little Italy
New York, NY 2006

Boy with Pig by Jim Victor
"Boy with Pig"
Butter Sculpture
Nebraska State Fair, 2007
Lincoln, NE

  jim working on butterfly Butterfly made from butter, cocoa, and spices
Jim Victor with Butterfly

"Monarch Butterfly"
Butter, Cocao and Spices

Acasdemy of Natural Sciences
and
Keller's Butter
100th Anniversary

2006
Academy of Natural Sciences
Philadelphia, PA



"Cow"
Butter and Chocolate
Miami-Dade County Fair, 2005

boy and Pig butter sculpture
"Boy and Pig"
by Jimm Scannell

Butter Sculpture
Delaware County Fair, Walton NY
for Jim Victor Food Sculpture

Cow on Motorcycle
"Cow on Motorcycle"
Butter Sculpture
Kids watching
Kids watching the cow being sculpted in Waco
Waco, Texas, 2006

Cheese parrot for Borderfest
Cheese Sculpture
2006 Borderfest
Hidalgo Texas

Butter Sculpture for the Pennsylvania State Farm Show, 2006
Pennsylvania State Farm Show, 2006, Harrisburg, PA
90th Anniversary of the PA Farm Show

"The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria"
Columbus Day Parade, 2005, Little Italy, NYC, NY
for Sorrento
Cheese Sculpture of the
"Pinta"
Ships made of Parmesan Cheese, Pizza Dough for Sails, Roasted Red Peppers for the Crosses, Spaghetti for Rigging, and Spinach Lasagna for the Sea
Cheese Sculpture of the Santa Maria for Sorrento, Columbus Day Parade
"Santa Maria"
Gianni Russo of Cheese sculptures of the Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria

Gianni Russo of "The Godfather"                  The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria
"Riding with the Herd"
Eastern States Exposition 2005, West Springfield, MA

butter booth at EasternStates Exposition  cow on motoercycle for Eastern States Exposition 2005 cow on motoercycle for Eastern States Exposition 2005

Butter Sculpture for New York State Fair 2005
"Milk, Moms, Mornings"
Butter Sculpture for New York State Fair, Syracuse, NY 2005
Butter Sculpture of Cow by Jim scannell for Jim Victor
Delaware County Fair, Walton, NY 2005
Sculpture done by Jimm Scannell for
Jim Victor Food Sculpture

 

 

"Cornfield"
Butter Sculpture

(Farmland Preservation Project)

Pennsylvania State Farm Show

January, 2005

 



 
Cheese Sculpture
Borderfest, 2005, Hidalgo, Texas

"President Reagan on Horseback"
Southern California Fair
October, 2004


Butter Cow
Big Fresno Fair, Fresno, CA
October 2004

 
Closeup view of Milton Hershey      Life-size butter & chocolate sculpture of
Milton Hershey and cows,

for the Pennsylvania State Farm Show, 2004
Read the fascinating Philadelphia Inquirer article by Sandy Bauers

New York State fair butter sculpture  
"Mixing It With Milk"
New York State Fair, Syracuse, NY, August 2003
Boy, cow & Computer at the   Boy at computer with cow for the Eastern States Exposition
Future Farmers of America 75th Anniversary Butter Sculpture
Eastern States Exposition, the "Big E", W. Springfield, MA, September 2003
Butter donated by Cabot.

Christopher Columbus in Parmesan Cheese for SorrentoJim Victor with parmesan cheese bust of Christopher columbusBust of Christopher Columbus at Little italy Festival
Bust of Christopher Columbus in Parmesan Cheese for Sorrento
Little Italy Festival, NYC, October 2003
"Farm Scene"
New York State Fair, Syracuse NY, 2004


"Chocolate Barn"
Rock Springs, WY, August 2004



"Chocolate Sailboat"
Barnstable County Fair, Barnstable, MA 2003

"Ripley's Believe It or Not" Butter sculpture by Jim Victor of Talia for Ripley's Believe It or Not   Talia, buttersculpture by Jim Victor for Ripley's Belive It Or Not another view
"Talia"
Butter sculpture
As seen on "Ripley's Believe It Or Not"
July 31, 2002


Terry LaBonte's No. 5 racecar carved out of cheddar cheese by Jim Victor

Terry LaBonte's No. 5 Chevrolet
carved from 3,500 pounds of yellow cheddar cheese for the American Dairy Association at the Nascar race at Richmond International Raceway.
The car measures 5 feet high, 12 feet long and 6 feet wide.

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Jim Victor with his chocolate Harley-Davidson

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Harley-Davidson carved from chocolate by Jim Victor
1957 Harley-Davidson Sportster
Chocolate, for Nestlé USA
ChocolateFest 2003, Burlington, Wisconsin

  Start of chocolate Harley-Davidson motorcycle
      Motorcycle at beginning of carving

 


County Agent Buter Sculpture
"County Agent"
Butter Sculpture
Eastern States Exhibition, Agawam, MA
2002


Don Henley of Channel 10 done in Sorrento Parmesan Cheese
Philadelphia, PA May 2004

butter sculpture of Jim Rice, Baseball Player at Anderson County Fair, Anderson SC    Baseball player Jim Rice carved out of butter by Jim Victor
"Jim Rice"
Butter Sculpture
Anderson County Fair
Anderson, S.C.
1999

Mickey Rooney, Ann Miller Chocolate Sculpture
&Ann Miller
Chocolate Sculptures

  Stegasaurus in chocolate
"Chocolate Stegasaurus"
Sponsored by Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA,
and Hershey's Chocolate
Liberty Place, Philadelphia June 2004
Jim Victor's Butter Sculpture of Jim Graham milking a cow
Jim Victor and Jim Graham with the butter sculpture
Commissioner Jim Graham Milks A Cow
Butter Sculpture
North Carolina State Fair, Raleigh, NC 2000
Jim Victor (left) & Jim Graham


Jim Victor's Butter sculpture of horses fighting
Jim Victor's Butter sculpture of horses fighting
Rivals
Butter Sculpture
New Jersey State Fair
and Horse Show
2001

Butter sculpture by Marie Pelton at New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque, 2002

"Southwest In Butter"
Butter Sculpture by Marie Pelton
New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque, NM, 2002