Giant forest trolls are coming to the South Bay in June
They re huge and hairy have names like Ibbi Pip and Sofus Lotus and possibly eat humans They re Giant Trolls and they ll soon be coming to a forest near you On June the exhibit Trolls Save the Humans opens at the historic Filoli gardens in San Mateo County to run through early November A half-dozen humongous creatures made of recycled materials like construction wood will take up residence among the redwood groves and meadow blooms They re the work of Danish artist and dumpster diver Thomas Dambo who has hidden his trolls in at least countries including Ireland Australia and China there s even one skulking around in a nature museum in Solvang California called Lulu Hyggelig The exhibit Trolls Save the Humans by Danish artist Thomas Dambo will run at the historic Filoli gardens in San Mateo County through early Nov Pictured Kamma Can at Filoli Courtesy of Filoli According to the artist s lore these sometimes -foot abominations sorry magical creatures are locked in an eternal debate on whether to save humans despite their polluting destructive means or chomp chomp just devour them When you take your kids to Filoli to meet the trolls ask them which they d prefer Related Articles San Jose gets ready for summer with SubZero festival this weekend San Jose Walls citizens art festival sets its sights on Japantown Bay Area arts shows concerts and fests to catch this weekend Los Gatos develops plan to reduce projected million deficit San Jose Woman s Club celebrating th anniversary in style The outdoor exhibition will fuse fairytales whims and monumental scale write the Filoli folks to inspire visitors to explore themes such as recycling and reusing trash the importance of plants and gardens art and more Details Open a m - p m daily at Ca ada Road Woodside general admission filoli org trolls
