https://maddieolsen.com Maddie Olsen Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:59:43 +0000 https://maddieolsen.com en https://maddieolsen.com/PROJECTS Tue, 21 Feb 2023 02:10:47 +0000 Maddie Olsen https://maddieolsen.com/PROJECTS Maddie Olsen︎ bio&nbsp; cv + contact GFP Love Spell Special One Slowing Down Microclimate Eukaryotic Elegy Preservation&nbsp; The Secret Keeper Ivy Lines Ground Cycles CicadalandI know your heart DrawingsSamples Making Bioplastic String Mother Nacre&nbsp;︎︎︎ s https://maddieolsen.com/bio Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:59:43 +0000 Maddie Olsen https://maddieolsen.com/bio <img width="683" height="1024" width_o="683" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c6b7bcb92481d915db4e1419814c93c5ef71a0e93bdfbc0041295f60fa5ca3b/Image-1.jpg" data-mid="226812949" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/683/i/7c6b7bcb92481d915db4e1419814c93c5ef71a0e93bdfbc0041295f60fa5ca3b/Image-1.jpg" /> Maddie Olsen is a textile artist and museum professional currently based in Dallas, Texas. Her creative practice synthesizes scientific research with traditional textile handicraft. Her work is informed by interspecies relationships, microbiology, and scientific illustration. She has shown work at MICA and Baltimore Clayworks, and presented research at Parsons School of Design and the MoMA in New York City. Maddie received a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2023. She is also an alumni of the Biodesign Challenge. Her collaborative research project, Mother Nacre, received the Glass Microbe Award at the Biodesign Challenge Summit in 2023. Her professional background in museum work has taken many forms from youth art educator to scientific interpreter. Currently, Maddie assists in day-to-day operations and exhibit development for the Toyota Experience Center in Plano, Texas. https://maddieolsen.com/contact Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:45:56 +0000 Maddie Olsen https://maddieolsen.com/contact Click here to view my CVcontact me: quiethandsstudio@gmail.com 972.824.1050 https://maddieolsen.com/Eukaryotic-Elegy Tue, 21 Feb 2023 02:10:43 +0000 Maddie Olsen https://maddieolsen.com/Eukaryotic-Elegy <img width="2130" height="3600" width_o="2130" height_o="3600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6af68531f9c4242e1ae9ce0d09d841f54052239a44be5b8ca66198dcaade1004/Eukaryotic_elegy.png" data-mid="169393149" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6af68531f9c4242e1ae9ce0d09d841f54052239a44be5b8ca66198dcaade1004/Eukaryotic_elegy.png" /><img width="3600" height="2531" width_o="3600" height_o="2531" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f59b12b36d19b39ee4cd99addbb4be416b336857cea1f9dd265328bfac305377/Olsen_2a_Eukaryotic-Elegy.jpg" data-mid="169393108" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f59b12b36d19b39ee4cd99addbb4be416b336857cea1f9dd265328bfac305377/Olsen_2a_Eukaryotic-Elegy.jpg" /> Eukaryotic Elegy Bisque stoneware, agar-agar, salt, alum, madder, cotton, sodium alginate yarn, synthetic fibers&nbsp; 80 inches by 7 inches 2022 https://maddieolsen.com/Preservation-a-salt-flat-heart Tue, 21 Feb 2023 02:10:44 +0000 Maddie Olsen https://maddieolsen.com/Preservation-a-salt-flat-heart <img width="2400" height="3600" width_o="2400" height_o="3600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8918a08a3bcd82825b88dba3a700d4e101f5eb2e470090c64595c4bb1011b562/salt_lace_crochet_final.png" data-mid="171103481" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8918a08a3bcd82825b88dba3a700d4e101f5eb2e470090c64595c4bb1011b562/salt_lace_crochet_final.png" /> Preservation (a salt-flat-heart)Glazed stoneware, salt, crocheted mohair 10 inches by 16 inches 2022 https://maddieolsen.com/Secret-Keeper Tue, 21 Feb 2023 02:10:45 +0000 Maddie Olsen https://maddieolsen.com/Secret-Keeper <img width="3600" height="1838" width_o="3600" height_o="1838" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ef7b573f635e14d935983fabc0235f400f4bede87ece79327cb04c56e518375/Olsen_1_Secret-Keeper.jpg" data-mid="171106703" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ef7b573f635e14d935983fabc0235f400f4bede87ece79327cb04c56e518375/Olsen_1_Secret-Keeper.jpg" /><img width="2400" height="1964" width_o="2400" height_o="1964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d97121d89327b5fdb4bfb360ed25a6c241aae3aaf9dbce9c1811c7fabe78a144/Olsen_1a_Secret-Keeper.jpg" data-mid="171106702" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d97121d89327b5fdb4bfb360ed25a6c241aae3aaf9dbce9c1811c7fabe78a144/Olsen_1a_Secret-Keeper.jpg" /> Secret Keeper Agar-agar, cicada wings, glass beads, cotton, glazed stoneware. 9.5 inches by 44 inches 2022 https://maddieolsen.com/Ivy-Lines Thu, 09 Mar 2023 14:46:26 +0000 Maddie Olsen https://maddieolsen.com/Ivy-Lines <img width="2400" height="1600" width_o="2400" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c3d856c6957f55f2bdab385218b632b877b74d73b086f974c553c0521e9ea3b/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_135e.png" data-mid="171114793" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c3d856c6957f55f2bdab385218b632b877b74d73b086f974c553c0521e9ea3b/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_135e.png" /> Ivy Lines Glazed stoneware, bacterial cellulose, screen-printed MX dye 7 inches by 5.5 inches 2022 https://maddieolsen.com/Cicadaland Thu, 09 Mar 2023 16:06:00 +0000 Maddie Olsen https://maddieolsen.com/Cicadaland <img width="2835" height="2503" width_o="2835" height_o="2503" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58076cffcef3bfbf8f60f266ea733da9ac39aac128459426f63fe86090f72b14/cicadaland-portfolio-images.png" data-mid="171115896" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58076cffcef3bfbf8f60f266ea733da9ac39aac128459426f63fe86090f72b14/cicadaland-portfolio-images.png" /> Cicadaland Selected samples from a calender collection. Poem reflects the daily accumulation of collaged imagery and text. Agar-agar bioplastic, paper, cicada wings 1 to 3 inches by 1 to 3 inches 2021 https://maddieolsen.com/GFP-Lovespell Sun, 21 May 2023 18:03:30 +0000 Maddie Olsen https://maddieolsen.com/GFP-Lovespell <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b2138428312a8982cda029d6fa6069ca3583c9115ca32adc7c854bb9af7a2130/GFP_1_web.jpg" data-mid="179459714" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b2138428312a8982cda029d6fa6069ca3583c9115ca32adc7c854bb9af7a2130/GFP_1_web.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b8fe4656b5d2fb2abe1196dd05a0b96d74701128d81eb89290dabde47d8c3443/GFP_2_Web.jpg" data-mid="179459717" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b8fe4656b5d2fb2abe1196dd05a0b96d74701128d81eb89290dabde47d8c3443/GFP_2_Web.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb0232367af0a8ec3465948c7adbe78df06622145335d1f61aad4c0319ef7c8d/GFP_3_Web.jpg" data-mid="179459716" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eb0232367af0a8ec3465948c7adbe78df06622145335d1f61aad4c0319ef7c8d/GFP_3_Web.jpg" /> a love more than less embedded (Green Fluorescent Protein love spell) Cotton, wool, synthetic fibers, glass, stoneware, cat whiskers Cloth 10 inches by 50 inches Ceramic 7 inches by 10 inches by 1.5 inches 2023 https://maddieolsen.com/Special-One Sun, 21 May 2023 18:03:32 +0000 Maddie Olsen https://maddieolsen.com/Special-One <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8791277c93cd999052205a83399b9c34a5bda0bb7a2f774a9b7360a4bf1d74af/DSC_0159.JPG" data-mid="179460512" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8791277c93cd999052205a83399b9c34a5bda0bb7a2f774a9b7360a4bf1d74af/DSC_0159.JPG" /><img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c5fa167f3f29fd8e68f44acb270359efd3bde93d049ae8bc010e28798434978/Special_one_1.jpg" data-mid="179459970" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c5fa167f3f29fd8e68f44acb270359efd3bde93d049ae8bc010e28798434978/Special_one_1.jpg" /><img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a00798e6689289d9cf0b2f97a5071ed768b8802bd700250d7a9b02384c20048a/DSC_0165.JPG" data-mid="179460513" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a00798e6689289d9cf0b2f97a5071ed768b8802bd700250d7a9b02384c20048a/DSC_0165.JPG" /> Special One Crocheted mohair, agar-agar, paper, gifted oxy-acetylene melted steel, salt, dragonfly wings 10 inches by 108 inches (height variable) 2023 ︎ SPECIAL THANKS TO AIDAN LODGE FOR FABRICATING THESE CUSTOM STEEL WEIGHTS, AND FOR SHARING A UNIQUE PART OF THEIR PRACTICE WITH ME ︎ find Aidan’s work @aid.lodge on instagram&nbsp;