Madge Evers

Carry a Torch

Mushroom spores on paper

"My work originates in the soil with materials I grow or forage. I use various media, including the cyanotype and pastels, but primarily mushroom spores, the powdery substance that resides in the gills and pores of mushrooms… Spore images contain organic abstractions and reference the ancient collaboration in mycorrhiza to conjure a natural world both strange and deeply familiar."

— Madge Evers

About the artist

Madge Evers

Madge Evers uses foraged materials to explore decomposition and regeneration. She pays close attention to signs of fungi for her adaptation of the mushroom spore print as an art form. Referencing photosynthesis and the ancient collaboration in mycorrhiza, her practice sometimes includes photography, the cyanotype process, and paint. Her work has been published in Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture and acquired by private and institutional collectors. Madge lives and works in western Massachusetts and teaches cyanotype workshops to people of all ages.