The joint

We wait until the glue is hard enough to move. A wet joint is not a picture we will fake as dry.

The floor

The piece stays where it was made. Sawdust is swept only if it hides a joint the shop needs to see.

Hands in frame belong to the person who cut the piece. We do not swap in the master for a cleaner portrait.

The van list is the edit. A chair that will not travel this week is filed for the week it will.

Files are named for the shop that ordered them, and they leave before the van door shuts.