I want to take trash and turn it into something
that will open people’s eyes and minds.
We shouldn’t throw the world out—
then we’ll have a world with no mountains, no woods.
Thomas Dambo, the troll sculptor
Thomas Dambo, Danish artist living and working in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a well-known recycling art activist and environmental artist.
Thomas Dambo creates his art using recycled materials—reclaimed wood, old pallets and other debris, fallen branches and twigs—proving that discarded materials are not worthless, but can be transformed into beautiful, meaningful works of art.
This Copenhagen-based artist transforms recycled materials into giant figures, creating trolls*