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Methods of Dispersal and Establishment

Methods of Dispersal and Establishment

This ongoing series layers cryptogams (spore-bearing organisms) with memories of landscapes.

The objective is to illustrate
a balance between slow forms
of erosion and regrowth, and
more volatile forces that abruptly
re-shape landscapes and human perceptions of them.

Methods of Dispersal and Establishment

This ongoing series layers cryptogams (spore-bearing organisms) with memories of landscapes.

The objective is to illustrate
a balance between slow forms
of erosion and regrowth, and
more volatile forces that abruptly
re-shape landscapes and human perceptions of them.

Methods of Dispersal and Establishment

Methods of Dispersal and Establishment

Mount St. Helens / lichen lava flow

Observations on Fragmentation and Loss

Observations on Fragmentation and Loss

Made during a winter in the North Cascades

Observations, continued

Observations, continued

Years later I translated my small scale sketchbook drawing to a 4x4' panel of scrap wood from a house I lived in in Bow, WA.

Cribraria microcarpa on Wakulla snag (photo by Ross Brand)

Cribraria microcarpa on Wakulla snag (photo by Ross Brand)

Didymium iridis on longleaf stand-in

Didymium iridis on longleaf stand-in

Divergent Fault

Divergent Fault

Aerial view of bigleaf maple twig, magnified 60x. Made during artist residency in North Cascades National Park. 

Mining Claim

Mining Claim

A lichened whorl on a barely-standing cabin on my mom's defunct mining claim outside of Helena, Montana.

Leocarpus fragilis after the hurricane

Leocarpus fragilis after the hurricane

Vapor Recollection in Cryptothecia rubrocincta

Vapor Recollection in Cryptothecia rubrocincta

I ended up traversing the country a number of times, going back and forth between the Florida panhandle and the west coast. The cloud formations, neon lichens, and abandoned structures on both sides became conflated, drifted upward, crystallized, and are in the process of re-dispersal. 

Physarum globuliferum on Wakulla snag (photo by Ross Brand)

Physarum globuliferum on Wakulla snag (photo by Ross Brand)

Physarum globuliferum after the hurricane (photo by Ross Brand)

Physarum globuliferum after the hurricane (photo by Ross Brand)

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