A man in glasses, dark gray trousers, a navy sweater with a small American flag, and black shoes is shown carving a plank of wood with a small hand axe. The plank is suspended from the ceiling by a thin cable or rope. There are many wood shavings on the gray floor around him. He stands on a gray painted area on the floor. The walls of the room are white, with exposed light wood beams near the ceiling and one unfinished wooden piece on the wall to the left of the man and another more complex design, seemingly carved from wood, hanging on the wall to his right. The room is lit by linear ceiling lights. The ceiling is high, with decorative arches and the name “Inigo Jones” visible in a painted frieze. The man strikes the plank in a downward direction, carving small pieces from the wood.