As an artist, it is always exciting when you can move your materials into your own studio or move them into a bigger studio. However, you may encounter some of the same issues moving your materials and equipment as you would moving your living space. You may even have some additional concerns moving really large easels or paintings. Having the right packing supplies can really help. Here is a list of supplies that are ideal for artists' use and why you need them.
Wooden Shipping Crates for Canvas Art
Special shipping crates are needed to ship art on canvas. You would not send your work to a gallery in the back of a truck unprotected, so why send it to your new studio that way? If you cannot get your hands on some of these crates locally, you can construct your own using wood for the framework to hold several similarly shaped canvases within the framework, and then insert the framework inside a very durable cardboard box with lots of bubble wrap or styrofoam box fillers. You could also prowl around local galleries to see if they have any recent shipping crates they are not using anymore or have decided to discard because of cracks in the wood. (If you are not moving your art very far, then a crack in the wooden crate is okay.)
Coolers for Painting Media
Paint, paint thinners, and media that add texture to your paint all need to be kept at a certain temperature. If you have never left a tube of your best oil paint out in the sun for hours, then you might not have have seen what that kind of exposure can do. The oil separates from the paint and looks for the nearest exit, leaving the pigment and binder to dry up inside the tube. If you have a lot of media and liquid painting materials, you may want to rent a temperature-controlled moving truck or invest in several coolers and ice packs to transport your supplies to your new studio.
Tackle Boxes or Scrapbooking Boxes for Brushes and Drawing Media
Like any good artist, you probably have dozens of brushes and so much drawing media supplies that they are just everywhere in your studio. Having to pack all of this up can really be a problem, unless you use innumerable small cardboard boxes, label them, and then stick them inside a larger cardboard box for shipping. However, you can also place and organize your supplies in tackle boxes or see-through scrapbooking boxes. Both can protect your supplies during transport, and both can be placed inside a larger cardboard box easily. (An added benefit of the scrapbooking boxes is that they are large square boxes that you can see into easily, and they can hold even your largest paintbrushes or sets of drawing media.)
To find packing materials for your move, contact a company like Associated Paper & Supply.
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