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

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." ...

ST. PAUL -- As the rest of Minnesota prepared for two weeks in the sun at the State Fair, Gerry Kulzer was preparing his parka, gloves and carving tools. He’s spending the fair in a 40-degree ...

“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 ...

Malorie Thorson, who grew up on a dairy farm in rural Wright County, was crowned the 72nd Princess Kay of the Milky Way on ...

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.

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

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 ...

Fellow artist Gerry Kulzer is already in the process of taking over as butter sculptor. “It’s daunting,” Gerry laughed. “She’s a very petite lady, but I have huge shoes to fill.” ...

Linda Christensen, who lives in California, has been the fair's butter sculptor for 48 years, The Takeout reported. Unable to travel to Minnesota, her apprentice Gerry Kulzer, who lives in ...

As the winner, Malorie Thorson will be the first to have her likeness sculpted out of butter at the Minnesota State Fair.