Elaborate butter sculptures have graced dining tables since the 1500s, while Tibetan Buddhist monks have been crafting yak butter offerings since the early 1400s. The dairy decorations are a type of ornamental gift, depicting everything from suns and moons to lotus flowers and lamps. Stored in caves or dedicated shrine boxes, they’re occasionally left to melt in a symbolic commentary on the temporality of life — a kind of existential art. Now, the medium has been embraced by a new generation of practitioners. Among them is the cook and food creative @suea, who sculpted a set of furniture to accompany T’s story. “Butter is so easy to work with, the possibilities are endless,” she says. “And it just tastes so good.” Written by @aimee_farrell, video by @anthonycotsifas, prop styling by @martinrbourne.