A Delaware County tattoo artist has been named the champion in Reading Terminal Market’s second annual Scrapple Sculpting Contest, writes Stephanie Farr for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
He took the prize for his sculpture, “Mush Push,” based on the Philadelphia Eagles Tush Push play.
His sculpture was described as “advanced” and “ambitious,” as it pushed scrapple to its absolute limits, according to Sasha Suda, director and CEO of the Philadelphia Art Museum, who judged this year’s contest.
Moser was shocked.
“I did not expect to win such a prestigious competition. I’ve never sculpted anything before, and I’ve never sculpted anything, obviously, out of scrapple either,” he said.
“But it’s the Eagles. You can’t go wrong with the Eagles … it’s a little lowbrow, a little highbrow — Caravaggio meets Sirianni, a bunch of bodies and a bunch of meat.”
Moser earned a pig trophy named “Scrappy” and a $100 Reading Terminal Market gift card.
Sculptors came from as far as Pittsburgh to compete. The contestants included a high school student, an artist with an MFA in sculpture, an engineer, and a former ice carver.
The sculptures from the contest were displayed during Reading Terminal’s Scrapple and Apple Festival.
Read more about the Scrapple Sculpting Contest in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Editor’s Note: This post first appeared on DELCO Today in October 2025.
