Whether hidden individually or as a long stone snake: there are currently many colorful stones to be seen in Wolfratshausen and Waldram. There is a nice story behind both actions.
Wolfratshausen - A cute little brown owl sitting on a branch, a nurse with blue headgear and a face mask, a coniferous forest at night, the northern lights illuminating the sky: Tanja Schulte paints a wide variety of motifs. Her document is particularly unusual. The Wolfratshauser embellishes stones in her free time.
Wolfratshausen: stones are “released into the wild”
After less than a year, Schulte has now come out on top with her works of art. She distributed some of her designed stones in the city - and thus triggered a real hype on the social network Facebook. The team assistant came to the art form by accident. She read about so-called Schwämel-Stein groups, in which like-minded people paint and “release” stones, so they lay out somewhere in nature. She has always enjoyed painting, says the 43-year-old. "That's why I thought to myself, I'm going to give it a try."
Responses on Facebook have been overwhelming
She recently published a photo of her five latest works of art on Facebook before she was released into the wild. The reactions overwhelmed them: 251 people like it and 102 enthusiastically commented. "That's insane. I never expected that. I'm still totally amazed, ”admits Schulte.
The first swing of stones that Tanja Schulte recently distributed in Wolfratshausen.
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Even in real life, the unique pieces seem to be well received. The trained technical draftswoman had distributed them on a walk. The owl, for example, found its place at the fountain at the beer mill, the nurse landed at the corner fountain at Schwankl-Eck.
"When I ran past the spots the next day, everyone was gone," reports Schulte with satisfaction. She achieved her goal: All her stones should give someone a little pleasure. "It is so important right now," emphasizes the Wolfratshauser. Therefore, the happy finders should like to keep the small works of art.
Wolfratshauserin has achieved her goal
The 43-year-old discovers new raw material on long walks in the mountain forest. “I always have to be careful not to come home with bags full of stones afterwards,” says Schulte and laughs. It takes time until her works of art are finished: the stones have to be cleaned, primed and partially painted with several layers. "It usually takes two days per piece."
Tanja Schulte from Wolfratshausen
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Some of the motifs give her the stones themselves. "Sometimes I see one and immediately know what is on it," explains Schulte in an interview with our newspaper. For example, once she found a specimen in the shape of a ginkgo leaf. "I primed it completely white and painted a ginkgo sheet on it."
What the 43-year-old loves most about her hobby by far is the great freedom that lies behind it. "I only paint when I feel like it and what I feel like doing," she says. "And if I am not motivated for a week, I just let it go." But that's not the case at the moment. On the contrary: "I'm back again."
Waldram: Stones attract attention
In Waldram, stones are also attracting attention these days. The action differs somewhat from the "Schwämel stones". For about two weeks now, a row of brightly painted stones has been meandering along the Bettingerstraße / Thomastraße. A good 300 pieces have already come together, reports Waldramer Sandra Gessner proudly. "We have such a beautiful community here in Waldram," she enthuses. That is why her neighbor came up with the idea of starting this stone snake as a sign of solidarity during the Corona crisis.
Stone snake as a sign of cohesion
The campaign is particularly fun for the children, including Gessner's sons Mika and Samu. "The little ones run to the queue several times a day and check whether they have grown a little longer," explains the Waldramer.
According to Gessner, even people from outside are now adding their painted works of art to it - and enjoying the lengthening snake. Whether colorful stripes, dots or encouraging sayings such as "Everything will be fine" or "Laugh today": when painting, the imagination seems to be limitless. According to Gessner, the goal in Waldram is: "That the snake keeps growing, at least until the end of the street."
The Münsingen primary school students are also creative: the principal called on her students to take pictures of learning at home.
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