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Thomas Dambo
Thomas Dambo is a Danish "recycle art activist" who is known for his installations of giant monumental wooden sculptures called trolls, made entirely out of recycled materials. The trolls are installed in various locations in 17 countries. Some of the locations include: * Five trolls at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens * Rita the Rock Planter in Victor, Colorado * Six trolls as part of Northwest Trolls: Way of the Bird King * A troll at Børkop, Denmark * A troll at Hainesport Township, New Jersey * The Giant of the Sperrins. Gortin Glen forest park, Tyrone. Northern Ireland * Six trolls to locate as part of the Giants of Mandurah, Western Australia * Three trolls at Bernheim Forest in Clermont, Kentucky * Ulla, a giant female troll. Parque de la Familia, Santiago, Chile * Two Trolls at Ninigret Park in Charlestown, Rhode Island * Lulu the Troll at California Nature Art Museum, Solvang * A troll in Breckenridge, Colorado ("Isak Heartstone") * A troll in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Mama R ...
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Troll
A troll is a being in Nordic folklore, including Norse mythology. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated areas of rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human beings. In later Scandinavian folklore, trolls became beings in their own right, where they live far from human habitation, are not Christianized, and are considered dangerous to human beings. Depending on the source, their appearance varies greatly; trolls may be ugly and slow-witted, or look and behave exactly like human beings, with no particularly grotesque characteristic about them. In Scandinavian folklore, trolls are sometimes associated with particular landmarks (sometimes said to have been formed by a troll having been exposed to sunlight). Trolls are depicted in a variety of media in modern popular culture. Etymology The Old Norse nouns ''troll'' and ''trǫll'' (variously meaning "fiend, demon, werewolf, jötunn") and Middle High ...
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The Washington Post
''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area and has a national audience. As of 2023, the ''Post'' had 130,000 print subscribers and 2.5 million digital subscribers, both of which were the List of newspapers in the United States, third-largest among U.S. newspapers after ''The New York Times'' and ''The Wall Street Journal''. The ''Post'' was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. In 1933, financier Eugene Meyer (financier), Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy and revived its health and reputation; this work was continued by his successors Katharine Graham, Katharine and Phil Graham, Meyer's daughter and son-in-law, respectively, who bought out several rival publications. The ''Post ...
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Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden in Boothbay, Maine. It was opened in 2007."Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens plans major expansion"
- ''Bangor Daily News'', April 28, 2016
A Brief History of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
- Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens official website
The gardens have been named one of Maine's top attractions. Its gardens and landscape include nearly a mile of tidewater shoreline. After 16 years of planning, planting, and building, the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens opened on June 13, 2007. This project began in 1991 wh ...
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Rita The Rock Planter
Rita the Rock Planter also known as Rita the Troll is a giant wooden sculpture in Victor, Colorado. It is made up entirely of recycled wood by sculpture artist Thomas Dambo Thomas Dambo is a Danish "recycle art activist" who is known for his installations of giant monumental wooden sculptures called trolls, made entirely out of recycled materials. The trolls are installed in various locations in 17 countries. Some o .... References Outdoor sculptures in Colorado Wooden sculptures in the United States Tourist attractions in Teller County, Colorado Sculptures by Danish artists Sculptures of trolls {{sculpture-stub ...
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Victor, Colorado
The City of Victor is a Statutory City in Teller County, Colorado, United States. Gold was discovered in Victor in the late 19th century, an omen of the future of the town. With Cripple Creek, the mining district became the second largest gold mining district in the country and realized approximately $10 billion of mined gold in 2010 dollars. It reached its peak around the turn of the century when there were about 18,000 residents in the town. Depleted ore in mines, labor strife and the exodus of miners during World War I caused a steep decline in the city's economy, from which it has never recovered. The population was 379 at the 2020 census. There is a resumed mining effort on Battle Mountain. History Gold discovery Victor was founded in 1891, shortly after Winfield Scott Stratton discovered gold nearby. The town was named after the Victor Mine, which may have been named for an early settler, Victor Adams. In 1892, Harry, Frank and Warren Woods founded the Mt. Rosa Mining ...
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Way Of The Bird King
''Northwest Trolls: Way of the Bird King'' is a public art project featuring sculptures of Nordic trolls made from recycled materials by Danish artist by Thomas Dambo. Statues were installed in Bainbridge Island, Issaquah, Portland, Oregon, Portland, and Vashon, Washington, Vashon Island. Seattle saw installations in Ballard, Seattle, Ballard and West Seattle. The project is funded in part by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, and managed by the Seattle-based Scan Design Foundation. Sculptures Each troll has a name: • Pia the Peacekeeper - Bainbridge Island • Jakob Two Trees - Issaquah • Ole Bolle - Portland, Oregon, Portland • Oscar The Bird King - Vashon Island • Frankie Feetsplinters - Ballard, Seattle, Ballard • Bruun Idun - West Seattle Gallery Jakob Two Trees (front view).jpg, "Jakob Two Trees", front view, in Issaquah Jakob Two Trees (rear view).jpg, "Jakob Two Trees", rear view, in Issaquah Issaquah ( ) is a city in King County, Washington, U ...
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