Clocking In

Based on the women who entered Mobile’s shipyards during World War II, this miniature scene honors the women whose labor became part of the city’s maritime history. Painted in near-monochrome like an old photograph, the image places a moment of local history onto a fragment of material history from the same region.

Year: 2026
 Medium: Oil on historic pottery fragment
 Pottery: Albany-slipped stoneware, primarily c. 1880–1920
 Locality: Eastern Shore, Mobile Bay, Ala.
 Framed dimensions: 13.5 × 13.5 in.
 Original artwork: One of a kind