Electricians

How these were drawn

Drawn around the first 90-degree bend you get right — the day the trade stops being theory. Conduit is the structure of every piece here, and the flowers come out of the pipe rather than sitting next to it. The vocabulary is real: bender, Local, turned out, grounded and bonded are two different things.

Buying for yourself

A heavyweight tee for days off, stickers for the water bottle and the lunchbox, and a tumbler that survives the van. Bought after an exam passes, mostly.

Buying it as a gift

Turn-out season is June, and parents fly in for it. The embroidered crewneck carries a blank year field, because that ceremony is the one that gets kept.