Malorie Thorson, the newly crowned 72nd Princess Kay of the Milky Way, has embraced a unique tradition at the Minnesota State ...

Sculptor Gerry Kulzer carves the likeness of Malorie Thorson, out of a block of butter at the Minnesota State Fair, Thursday, ...

Video. Malorie Thorson braved a chilled booth as sculptor Gerry Kulzer carved her likeness from a 41-kilogram block of butter ...

He was enamored. Gerry Kulzer carves out of butter Emma Kuball, the 2023 Princess Kay of the Milky Way portrait, during the Minnesota State Fair.

Gerry Kulzer, whose uncle had a dairy farm in rural Minnesota, trained as a sculptor, working with clay, eventually becoming an art teacher in Litchfield and working on his own sculptures.

“This,” of course, is Kulzer’s part-time gig as the butter sculptor at the Minnesota State Fair, where he transforms 90-pound blocks of butter into likenesses of Princess Kay of the Milky ...

He was enamored. Gerry Kulzer carves out of butter Emma Kuball, the 2023 Princess Kay of the Milky Way portrait, during the Minnesota State Fair.

It's an honor Gerry Kulzer doesn't take for granted. "A lot of pressure," he said Thursday, at the start of the 2022 fair. "You've got to get a portrait of a person done in two days." ...

As the rest of Minnesota prepares for warm summer days at the State Fair, Gerry Kulzer is preparing his parka, gloves, and carving tools. He’ll be spending the fair in a 40-degree cooler ...

While the Minnesota State Fair is canceled, some traditions of the Great Minnesota Get-Together will continue. Litchfield artist Gerry Kulzer will be carving the Princess Kay butter sculptures ...

Gerry Kulzer, an art teacher and sculptor, practices with clay ahead of the Minnesota State Fair, where he’ll be the new resident butter sculptor, in his studio in Litchfield, Minn., Aug. 14, 2022.