Field guide No. 1638
Turnover
The field rolled over
A ploughed red field curls up into a breaking wave of soil, grass on the inside of the curl and roots flying off like spray. The farmer turned the ground and the ground kept turning.
Field notePloughed earth rolls up like surf, turf on the inside and roots for spray.
Also possible, also breaking material
Settling inTabletops hold weight flat, but this oak sags round a potted cactus like a cushion.
A soft landingBrick and pillow have traded jobs, nothing worse: the clay took the give and left the marble to the bedding.
Oak grain within broken eggshellsBroken shells reveal polished oak grain. Breakfast has been locally sourced.
Hinged boulder across a quarry fissureQuarried block pleated like a paper fan to straddle the crack below it.