Madge Evers
Haydenville, MA
Inspired by the regenerative cycles of growth and decomposition, I create abstract works on paper in collaboration with plants and fungi.
MessageCollection: cyanotype + spore print = cyanospores
My work with foraged plants led me to the cyanotype process where I learned about and marvelled at botanist Anna Atkins’ beautiful work in British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, one of the first photographic books ever made. I then began using botanical cyanotypes as the background for mushroom spore prints; these images represent this work, a continuation of The New Herbarium series, in blue.
In the spring of 2020, I created abstract backgrounds in cyanotype chemistry that evoked a chaotic universe, inspired by the world of the pandemic. When mushrooms popped up later in the spring and summer, I added their spores to connect elements of my actual world with the alternate universe born of the cold Covid spring. This series is tentatively called Blue Planet.
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