Conshohocken Artists Sculpt White House Out Of Butter

by Hadas Kuznits

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Two local artists are getting some attention for being commissioned to create a huge election-themed sculpture out of an unusual material.:

Marie Pelton is a food sculptor.

"We are doing a White House out of President butter," Pelton explained.

She and her partner Jim Victor have been working this week in a refrigerated trailer in the driveway of their Conshohocken home.

"The thing with butter is that it's all about temperature, and it's actually pretty easy if you've got the temperature worked out," said Victor.

"The process really starts like you would start any kind of sculpture, really you have to pull a lot of reference material, do some supportive structures underneath it," said Pelton.

She and Victor were commissioned by President butter for a social media campaign.

"It's thousands of dollars (that we're getting paid). I won't get into the specifics of it, but it has to be worthwhile, we spend many days working on this thing," said Victor.

And Pelton says after election day, all the butter will be recycled:

"And so actually a thousand pounds of butter can turn into 80 gallons of bio-fuel or it also can be turned into electricity so we donate it to farmers that have digesters," she said.