Olivia Van Oot ’24

Olivia Van Oot is a woodworker based in Portland, Maine. She currently attends Maine College of Art & Design in the Woodworking and Furniture Design program, completing her Bachelors in Fine Arts in May, 2024. Their work is a re-contextualization of the historical connotations of American Pieced Quilt patterns, centering around qualities of gendered material and craft practices that are read through comfort, safety and home. Van Oot’s work is driven by this research as well as a love of process, using wood veneers and parquetry techniques to create complex works such as furniture, cabinets, or objects.