Work-In-Progress
16 x 23 Colored Pencil
Almost finished with this piece... maybe another week at most!
But today I took time out to get a print ready for shipping.
Every artist has their own way of preparing prints for shipping, and there is no single right way to do it. Lots of different things will work just fine, I'm sure. But my preferred method for shipping prints is the Paranoid Perfectionist Method. It works as follows:
Step One: The print, business card, and one piece of foam core are sealed inside a cellophane sleeve.
Step Two: Another piece of foam core is laid over top, and the whole thing wrapped with waterproof bubblewrap: bubbles facing outward so as not to risk denting into the artwork through the foamcore. (I did use the word paranoid, remember?)
Step Three: Corrugated cardboard on top and bottom, taped tightly.
Step Four: Wrap the whole thing with heavy-duty packaging paper, and secure all seams, corners, and once or twice around the girth, with clear packaging tape.
Step Five: Ship via Fed Ex, because it's quickest and has the best tracking.
I've shipped to Denmark, Great Britain, and all over the US with this method, and this one is off to Florida tomorrow. You can bet I'll be tracking it's progress three times a day until it arrives!
Happy New Year, friends!
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