POTS ON DECK

Print size: 13" x 9 1/2"

This is a Dungeness crab boat on its way out to the grounds with a lot of pots on deck.

Tom Crestodina, an Alaskan fisherman, began making cutaway drawings in 2011 to connect with his young son, Franio, while he was out at sea. " I missed my family so much it was like physical pain. Making these drawings was my way of  reaching out to my little boy."

Tom's drawings are intended to educate and amuse. In part, they are made so that seafarers can hang them on their wall and use them to explain their work to aunts and uncles from far away places. Some are diagrams that explain fishing methods and other aspects of the maritime trades. Many of them contain inside jokes for fishermen and sailors. Some contain silly jokes for kids.