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Joan Rhine and Jim Meilander often collaborate on their handmade paper
vessels and decorative plates. They opened their papermaking studio
Submarine Paperworks in San Francisco eighteen years ago, and relocated it
to Gualala in 2000.
Joan combines her handmade paper with mixed-media in abstract
wall-pieces, decorative home accessories and jewelry. Her colors, forms
and textures are inspired by landscapes and natural phenomena. Her strong
design background has led her to a predilection for controlled simple
forms, which she enjoys combining with random elements. She has been
exploring vessel forms and has originated a unique way of weaving with
paper, metal and fiber.
Jim works with handmade paper and many other materials using a wide range
of techniques: collage, printmaking, painting, drawing and sculpture. His
artworks are a playful personal synthesis of real and imaginary images. He
has recently been creating mixed-media wall-pieces which draw upon a
number of different techniques in the same piece.
Joan and Jim are feeling very creatively stimulated by their new
environment. They have been collecting natural materials including wild
grasses from their land in Gualala, and find the colors, textures, and
atmosphere of the North Coast inspiring their new work.
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