The etching "Auf der Lauer (Spannzange)" (Lying in Wait / Collet) depicts a precisely drawn mechanical clamping tool that Konrad Klapheck isolates against an empty ground and elevates into an autonomous protagonist. Lever-like handles, and a patterned clamping piece combine into an apparatus that is at once matter-of-fact and mysteriously animated, appearing — true to its title — like a lurking creature. Characteristic of Klapheck is the combination of precisely rendered machines with associative titles that often allude to human behavior. The etching on Japan paper is glued down with a slight crease in the image.