Artist carves out a niche in cheese
Artist Sarah Kaufmann can never complain if people tell her that her artworks stink, because they are made out of cheese.For the past 13 years Sarah, from Wisconsin - dubbed Cheese Lday - has created the stunning giant cheese sculptures mostly using mild golden or white cheddar.
Her work has ranged from an artful violin to a six-foot long aircraft carrier and a 300-pound gorilla.
She says the more detailed works can take up to 50 hours to complete and are always eaten a lot faster.
You can even commission her to faithfully recreate your head in cheese, and if you don't like it you can always grate your nose onto a sandwich.
Sarah says she uses cheese in 99 percent of her works saying of her odd choice of material: "If you were born and raised in Wisconsin, surrounded by dairy cows, cheese factories and people who wear orange triangle hats as high fashion, you might think it would just seem natural"I use mostly mild cheddar because it’s consistent, tastes great, and comes in big sizes."
When she is eating rather than sculpting she says she prefers stinky cheeses like Gouda, Creamy Gorgonzola or Blue-Brie.
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