The Troll

“Why spend so much time building something that you’re just going to light on fire?” People ask that all the time. I reply that the fire is the art. The celebration is the art. It’s about a timeless human ritual of gathering around a fire. It’s about letting go. It’s about renewal. And it’s just kind of fun to light a troll on fire in Mount Horeb, “The Troll Capital of the World.”

Each year the troll is a new experiment, and each year the materials change. Below are photos from trolls of the past.

2023

2024