WOLLE & DIE LAMMFELLOS CHILDRENS BOOK Created By: Christian Barthold -

Christian Barthold is an Award-winning illustrator, Collagist, Graphic Designer, Author, Music Composer and Photographer from Germany. He is a Communication-Designer who mainly does illustration, freelancing since 1996. He specializes in Editorial Illustration and his work has been published on more than 100 Book-Covers, on the cover and inside more than 60 different magazines and newspapers and more.

To name a few,

Christian was featured in
• Illustration NOW! (No. 1)
• Illustration NOW Portraits (No. 1)
• Freistil (No. 1-3)
• Lürzers Archive’s “Best 200 illustrators worldwide”
• Fashion illustration (by Anova Books).

He also enjoys illustrating columns
• Men’s Health (how to understand females better)
• Vital (the situation of women in different countries)
• TV Today (tv tipps column)
• Schöner Wohnen (gardening column)
• Schöner Wohnen (house-building & law)
• Frisch aus dem Garten (beekeeper column)
• Handelsblatt (staff portraits)
• XMag (about behaviour & gender differences)

Christian’s artworks were exhibited at:
Nov. 2016 :: “Identity” group exhibition (Catania)
Apr. 2016 :: “Collagistas” group exhibition (Eindhoven)
Feb. 2013 :: Christian Barthold/ProAlter (Wuppertal)
Oct.2012 :: 50 Jahre KDA/Haus der Geschichte (Bonn)
Apr. 2012 :: “Illu12” group exhibition (Cologne)
May 2009 :: “Nacht” group exhibition (Cologne)
Jun. 2006 :: “Cologne, Art and Guests” (Cologne)
Mar. 2006 :: “Moonfolks” (Cologne)
Dec. 2005 :: “Now: Romantic!” (Cologne).

We are charmed by his collection and we’re impressed with his work. Christian has lots of amazing creations but we have decided to showcase his Wolle & die Lammfellos illustrations. Wolle & die Lammfellos is a childrens’ book that has never been published but we think is great and worth reading.

Wolle is bored to death – another endless day at the cottage again.
Lying around, eating, sleeping … nothing seems to happen, never …

But then:
„Hey, what is that sound coming out of the radio?
I never heard this kind of music…”

„What is that cool city guy in the flashy car listening to?
I love what he listens to – very different !!!

… but I seem to be the only one who enjoys this …”

„Wolle, what the hey are you doing here in the toolshed?”

„Hey, you’ll see – C’mon, I just build some tools for you, too”

And the big day has come:

”Wolle & the Lammfellos” – live on the manorheap
kick-sheep-ass music !!!

„Stop, you fool – this shitty-city sound is just too ugly !!!
You’re wreckin my ears … get off the heap and …”
…

(in between: some panels are missing here)

Well, the car driver returned to the cottage and heard Wolle play.
And that’s what he said:

„Hey you sheep, I’m a talent scout from a big record-company,
and my big brother, he’s an even bigger music producer.
Jump in the car, maybe he can do something for you …”

„Wow, these guys are exactly what I just needed !!!
We’ll have a groovy smash hit:
”You ain’t nothing but a sheepdog” – yeah!!! ”

(in between: some panels are missing here)

In the meantime, Wolle & the Lammfellos had became „the” big thing,
got famous, toured big cities & seen a good deal of the world
beyond the manorheap.

But after touring, it’s time to return to home, but with rather mixed feelings:
„Will the other sheep still feel so bad about us – and still hate our music?”