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2010
*Nurture your Dreams*
‘DNA’ Pulp Painting with Tasmanian plant fibres, ochres and shellac on handmade cotton rag paper. April 2009
Selected works from
‘Forest Fibres ‘
exhibition at
Penguin Market Artspace
Community Arts 2009
‘Handmade paper vessels and Shibori silk scarves’
Exhibition 7th – 24th September 2009
Devonport Library
As Artist in Residence at the Special Education, Devonport, Jan Marinos worked with the staff and students of the School during term 2 to create embossed cards, paper vessels and painted and shibori dyed silk scarves.
An EXHIBITION of Artist Books in Silk and Handmade paper by School of Special Education, Burnie students was held at the Burnie Library – Mezanine Floor, October 2009. Special thanks to Meg Rutherford , Year 12 student at Marist Regional College for assisting with setting up.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST Jan Marinos
I am a community artist and teacher working in NW Tasmania, Australia.
My artwork comes from a passion for working with handmade paper and the many possibilities it suggests through natures abundant fibres and forms.
Many years have been devoted to exploring the possibilities of handmade paper as an art medium. I have specialized in developing my skills with pulp painting, combining my love of working with colour and texture to create subtle rhythmical patterns with layers of dyed pulp.
I also enjoy making a range of handmade paper embossed cards, artist print cards, bookmarks, handmade books and Tasmanian plant papers.
I work from Heron Studio at Sisters Beach, a small coastal village within the Rocky Cape National Park.
It is an extremely beautiful place and inspires me to work to reflect the natural beauty of the Tasmanian Landscape.
This site is a series of galleries about the Tasmanian Landscape, and includes seascapes, forest impressions and other abstract art works using my hand made papers.
Also included is a special tribute to Charlie Turner and his Banksia Studio – a truely unique Tasmanian papermaker, chemist, botanist and artist. Soon to come is some video footage taken in 1994.
If you are visiting Tasmania you can find my work selling from
Makers’ Workshop - Burnie, Tasmania
Heron Studio – Sisters Beach
Please enjoy and I look forward to hearing from you.
Jan Marinos
jan@tasmanianhandmadepapers.com
“Not Separate From“ (detail)
