How To Package A Painting

Another aspect to keep in mind when shipping your painting is its size.

How to package a painting. Lets start with the different materials that you need to prepare to begin packaging. Theyre sorted with boxes and rigid packages that arent meant to be bent so its way less likely theyll be mishandled. Dont use packing tape only artist tape here. Select an appropriate shipping container.

The bubble wrap should be fairly tight on the painting. Wrap bubble wrap over the entire frame of the painting to form a protective layer. How to ship artwork. Wrap the painting with bubble wrap until it reaches the box depth.

Stop when it reaches the depth of the box. Wrap a layer of bubble wrap around the entire painting. Ideally you want the art to stay completely flat during the entire shipping process so parcels are the best choice. This is a demonstration of a simple method for protecting.

The best way to protect your paintings for shipment is to prevent anything from having direct contact with the surface of your painting. Glassline is the paper you will use to wrap your works so make sure you have enough for the painting that you want to send out. Measure the length width and height of your artwork in order to select an appropriately sized box or shipping tube. Place the smooth side of the bubble wrap against the surface of the painting with the bubbles facing outward so they dont leave impressions in the artwork.

Put your painting face down on the glassine leaving enough room to wrap around the edges. Fold the end of artist tape to leave little nub to grab the tape with so that it can be easily removed when it comes time to unpack. For smaller paintings you only need a single sheet of baking paper. The different art packaging materials you need to get.

Ship unframed artwork thats larger than 48 by 48 inches and framed pieces that. Once you have bubble wrapped the painting then tape the edges and make sure it is all secure. Place the painting on top and begin rolling it in bubble wrap.