Cheese carver and winemaker Troy Landwehr specializes in carving sculptures out of blocks of cheddar cheese.
In a time-lapse video posted to YouTube by the Showtime network, Landwehr carves a 1200-pound block of cheddar into a replica of the Statue of Liberty. The video was intended to advertise the Showtime original series, Tracey Ullman's State of the Union.
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Fast Facts
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Length
2 minutes, 28 seconds
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Shot over the course of 4 days
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Cheese begins to crack on Day 4
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Soundtrack
"Bedridden" by The Sweet Nothings
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Season 2 of State of the Union debuts in early 2009
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Landwehr was commissioned by the Cheez-It cracker company to create a Mt. Rushmore sculpture
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Sculpted Biff Henderson out of cheese on The Late Show with David Letterman
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Started carving cheese at age 12Scholastic: Wedge Works (June 2008)
