9. Oktober 2020

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Library

art, design, Illustration, print

Hosting and preparing a children’s workshop in collaboration with the Berlin-based NGO Ocean. Now!. The workshop began with a talk by founder Meike Schützek, introducing the children to the importance of ocean ecosystems and the challenges they face, particularly plastic pollution.

For the creative part of the workshop, I developed a large-scale collaborative drawing format: an 11-meter-long paper roll featuring a pre-painted coastal landscape. The background already suggested an ocean scene with sand and water, creating an immersive atmosphere that invited the children to continue the story through their own drawings. Together, they filled the landscape with marine life, environmental ideas, and their visions of a healthy ocean.

Concept and Artistic lead of workshops

In October 2020, we had the pleasure of hosting a Rollbuch Ocean Workshop for children in collaboration with Meike Schützek from Ocean Now.

We began the workshop with a conversation about the ocean, watched a short film, and talked about marine life and why the ocean is essential for life on Earth. Together we explored the issue of plastic pollution and discussed ideas about what each of us can do to help reduce plastic waste so that the ocean can recover.

During the creative part of the workshop, Ann-Christin Müller guided the children in creating a Rollbuch. Together they illustrated a 10-meter-long paper scroll showing a coastal landscape filled with animals that live along the shore and in the ocean. Books and model sea creatures served as inspiration, while people collecting plastic on the beach appeared as an important element in the story.

At the end of the workshop, the class representatives presented the finished Rollbuch to the group, followed by a round of enthusiastic applause.

The workshop was made possible with the kind support of the Pfefferwerk Foundation and the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Library.

Photographer: Saskia Uppenkamp

13. Mai 2022

Schillerhaus Rudolstadt

art, design, Illustration, workshop

It began with a ballad — followed by pencils.
Together with Berlin-based artist Ann-Christin Müller, a ballad by Schiller was translated into a visual narrative across 11 meters of paper. Over the course of a two-day workshop, participants engaged with the text and explored ways to interpret it through drawing and composition. Through a shared creative process, a collective Rollbuch took shape, bringing together individual perspectives into one continuous work. The final piece was exhibited at the Schiller House, with the workshop welcoming participants of all ages and encouraging intergenerational exchange.

Workshop Lead, Illustrator & Founder of Rollbuch

Working together with a 3rd grade class from Friedrich-Adolf Richter School, the workshop focused on Schiller’s ballad Der Taucher. Rather than starting with drawing, the students first explored the museum environment and engaged with the historical context before listening to the text.

From this shared experience, the class began translating the narrative into images. Step by step, a 10-meter-long Rollbuch took shape — built collectively through individual contributions. Each child added their own perspective, creating a continuous visual interpretation of the story that combines imagination, observation, and collaboration.

21. Februar 2025

Main city library & Heilerziehungspflegeschule Aschaffenburg

art, design, Illustration, workshop

In collaboration with the Heilerziehungspflegeschule Aschaffenburg and the City Library of Aschaffenburg, I led an illustration workshop focused on creating two Rollbuchs, each unfolding across eight meters of paper. Two adult groups were introduced to the Rollbuch format and guided through the process. As a starting point, a children’s story and a lyrical text were developed in advance, both rooted in the forest of the Spessart and centered around the woodpecker. Building on these themes, participants translated the narratives into visual form. One group focused on storytelling, the other on poetic fragments, resulting in two distinct yet connected works. The library, surrounded by books and culture, provided an inspiring setting. The final Rollbücher were later exhibited on site, completing the process from creation to presentation.

Concept and Artistic lead of workshops

Together with a group from a Heilpflegeschule, we explored storytelling through illustration and collective creation. At the center of the workshop was a story developed by the students themselves, Fritz, the little woodpecker. Across the seasons, the story follows Fritz on his journey through the forest in search of friendship. Through listening, reflecting, and drawing, the participants translated their narrative into visual form, working collaboratively on a shared Rollbuch. The process combined imagination, personal interpretation, and group exchange, resulting in a collective work that reflects both the story and the individual voices within it.

In contrast to the narrative approach of the first group, this work takes on a more poetic and reduced form. The participants developed a series of twelve Elfchen, short poems structured across eleven words and five lines, each dedicated to a month of the year. Through this minimal format, the changing seasons unfold in fragments of language, capturing atmosphere rather than story. The texts reflect observations of nature, rhythm, and time, moving from winter stillness to summer light and back again. Within the Rollbuch, these poetic sequences form a quiet, continuous flow, where words and images meet, and the passing of time becomes visible in a subtle and contemplative way.