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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 twenty-one years
ago, and relocated it to Gualala in 2000.
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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 artwork.
Both Joan and Jim are very creatively stimulated
by the varied coastal landscape. 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 work.
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Joan and Jim’s commitment to their medium of hand papermaking is reflected their
association with the international papermakers’ group “Friends of Dard Hunter” and
the Northern California based group “The Deckle Edge”. Their backgrounds include
extensive formal education and many years of personal research and experimentation.
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Joan and Jim show their work in juried exhibits in Gualala and Point Arena, as well as
in competitive national exhibits such as The American Craft Council’s Baltimore and
San Francisco Craft Shows, and in galleries across the country. Their work is represented
locally by SK Gallery, Gualala. Upcoming exhibits include an invitational fiber show with
the Baulines Craft Guild at the Marin Community Foundation Headquarters in Novato this
winter, and an exhibition at the Morris Graves Museum in Eureka in 2007.
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Submarine Paperworks
PO Box 1295
Gualala, CA 95445
(707) 884-4564
subpaper@mcn.org
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