A Veritable Slacker with Considerable Accomplishment

Date2013

MediumIntaglio

Dimensions12 1/2 × 19 in. (31.8 × 48.3 cm)

ClassificationsPrintmaking

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Escalette Endowment

Object number2020.1.6

Label TextVeteran: Kyle I., US Navy

Kyle was generous with his words as we exchanged emails discussing his story. He described the basic run-down of his day-to-day routine as a Machinist Mate on the USS OHIO SSGN 726. From this, I imagined the engine room in the submarine filled with pipes, cords, gears, etc all cramped into this complicated little space. Part of Kyle’s job was to schedule the maintenance of this equipment as well as performing the maintenance himself. In my image, the many facets of the engine room are isolated into detailed circles. I thought, as a Machinist Mate, Kyle would know the equipment so well that he would zoom in and know exactly what was wrong or right in his maintenance checks.

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