Thomas Dambo is going to build a new troll statue in Teller County

Beloved Isak Heartstone troll in Breckenridge is about to make a brand new good friend in Teller County.

If you have not come throughout Isak Heartstone earlier than, this is what it’s essential to know: he is a 15-foot-tall picket troll made with domestically sourced scrap wooden and supplies by Danish recycling artist and activist Thomas Dambo. Isak is certainly one of many artwork installations which have made Dambo’s work well-known worldwide.

Now the Gold Camp District Impression Group (gcDIG), a non-profit charitable group, is getting ready to welcome its personal troll to the communities of Cripple Creek and Victor in southern Teller County.

In late June, Dambo introduced a brand new undertaking referred to as “Means of the Chook King,” through which he takes street journeys from Vermont throughout the nation to Washington, constructing 10 trolls and 1000’s of birdhouses alongside the best way. One in all his troll constructing stops is Colorado.

Components of the troll – which has no title as of now – will likely be made in Dambo’s workshop in Copenhagen after which shipped to Teller County. With the assistance of 5 to eight crew members, plus a number of native carpenters and 5 to seven every day volunteers, Dambo will end and set up the troll in a secret location within the province. Development dates run from July 27 by way of August 4, 2023.