how do you wrap and protect a painting to send overseas? does anyone have a website or could tell me the procedure in protecting my paintings? for huge paintings and small one so people who handle my painting wont ruin it? I use acrylic and some pastel .
2006-09-16 01:31:45 · 5 answers · asked by ♥ lavender baby ♥ 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Good question, I had the same problem.
To prepare the painting put a sheet of clean paper or cloth on the painted side to protect the paint and stop it from scratching off. Then put a sheet of fairly thick cardboard over the top of that ( cut to the size of the canvas or frame) I usually use the side of a large cardboard box, you can get them free at you local supermarket.
Then you have 2 choices - the big galleries put the canvas inside a wooden crate. The painting is actually suspended in the crate by foam blocks. This can be expensive to buy and adds weight for flying, thereby making it expensive to send.
The way I did it was to cover the whole picture (including cardboard cover for the painting), with bubble wrap, then make a make-shift box out of fairly thick cardboard. Then lots of parcel tape over the whole thing. The most important thing is to protect the corners, so check them and if they don't look right, add more bubble wrap.
I sent it to another country and it arrived in perfect condition. Hope this helps.
2006-09-16 03:22:36 · answer #1 · answered by sarah b 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I sent acrylic paintings overseas for an AP art grade. Most of mine were fairly small, 2 1/2 ft. by 1 1/2 ft. I used cheap brown paper, sometimes butcher's paper as a cover, (with pastels, smudging would be a big issue) and then used a cardboard box that I cut to encase the covered canvas. I used some packing foam and bubble wrap inside the box. If you're worried about moisture or water damage, maybe a plastic wrap on the box would do the trick. I hope your paintings arrive safely, Good luck
2006-09-16 10:19:53 · answer #2 · answered by Larry M. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Golden paints has a great article on the transportation of acrylic paintings. Most of the information would apply to pastels as well, but acrylics have special needs.
2006-09-16 04:04:25 · answer #3 · answered by joyfulpaints 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is best to Ship your work in Crated Packaging, preferably in WOOD. It is more expensive than cardboard, however, damage is almost NIL.
2006-09-23 13:17:56 · answer #4 · answered by Aunt Susan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think "bubble wrap"...
2006-09-16 06:52:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋