Field guide No. 1035
Soft evidence
A fingerprint in porcelain
A white teacup carries a raised fingerprint impression on its side. The evidence is difficult to wash.
Field noteA raised fingerprint marks a teacup. The evidence will be difficult to wash.
Also possible, also breaking material
Lion with a brass key maneManes are hair. Keys hung in their hundreds are a locksmith’s idea of grooming.
Pebble unraveling into a sand strandStone knitted in rows, with a loose end. Somebody pulled it and the beach is getting longer.
Slate wave on a silent shoreA wave of layered slate is frozen at its crest. It has been about to break for some time.
Zebra with a loose stripeZebra stripe peels free from the flank and hangs like a loose strap, the hide under it plain white.