I wanted the mech-engineer archetype stripped of her cockpit and dropped into craft labor — the diagnostic gauntlets repurposed for fiber tension testing, the goggles pushed up because this work needs naked eyes. The second figure isn't decorative; the apprentice's hands holding the damaged seat ARE the photograph's reason for existing. Nira's expertise only becomes visible in the act of transmission. Full noon light because restoration work doesn't happen by candlelight, and I'm tired of romanticizing labor. The Sundanese-Basque fusion felt right for rattan work meeting industrial sensibility. —Mira