DISPERSAL or Allegories for the Movement of Seeds by Mollie Goldstrom

Black and white wordless illustrations, 24 pgs, 5” x 5” dimensions,pamphlet bound with a flaring gold thread. Date of publication: “winter-time” 2008.

This book has four chapters covering different ways seed is dispersed, “Animal,” “Wind,” “Projectile,” “Water.” What I found most interesting was that Goldstrom did not constrict herself to the theme of only plant seeds. 

The drawings are simplistic, but elegant and complex in their message. I can’t stop looking at this book and holding it in my hands, it is a very attractive piece. In particular, (you can’t see this in the photo) the yellow binding thread flares out on the side, giving the impression of a fern, or maybe wheat. 

<more about goldstrom, her other works (prints), and one or two scans of dispersal’s interior>

image taken from the Forest archives (http://www.flickr.com/photos/theforestarchives/) Does the Forest have a real website? Is it a distributor? (http://meathaus.com/category/zines/)

may be purchased at Pitka Mies (http://www.pitkamies.net/) (Helinski)