A nearby town has recently acquired three troll sculptures as a tourist draw and nod to the city’s history as a lumber mill. They are massive and impressive, and a unique way to highlight the town’s story. One of the local trolls is housed inside an old train depot, and the entire building is filled with branches, creating a cave effect before you arrive at the troll itself.
These are just three of the works that are located around the world. Thomas Dambo has made a career of creating giant trolls from reclaimed lumber, a niche he uses to tell ecological stories through his art. Other people may look at a pile of branches or scraps of wood and see only waste, but Dambo is able to fashion the discards into things of beauty.
What do you see that others do not? Dambo saw his gift as becoming a troll-sculptor. Consider what contribution only you can make to the world.
