How To Ship Art Prints Flat

Roll them up to select appropriate packaging first measure the length and width of your artwork.

How to ship art prints flat.

We recommend a custom cut one panel fold opf corrugated box. Unframed posters and prints. Measure the length width and height of your artwork in order to select an appropriately sized. Their custom nature makes them perfect framed art shipping boxes.

Since my experience with mailing anything other than flimsy. Prepare your work surface. How to ship a poster flat sending artwork by post next i add my greyboard behind the print and insert both into the hardboard envelope i ensure that there is cardboard at the front and also at the back of the print to protect both sides. Fold the glassine up over each edge and secure it to the back of your painting with artist tape.

For larger prints a cardboard tube makes an excellent shipping container. This video outlines the way i pack my art prints for shipping. How to ship your art safely without breaking the bank. If i am posting abroad i add 2 pieces of greyboard for additional protection.

Insert the protected prints in a cardboard envelope and seal with packing tape. It s just the way i do it. Then roll the poster or print so that it measures approximately 1 in diameter. Cut a sheet of glassine slightly larger than your artwork such that you ll have enough extra on each side to fold over the edge 2 inches is typically sufficient.

I was recently talking to one of our fellow community members the always awesome toni debiasi and she was telling me about how difficult it was to find good information online on how to ship art safely to customers without having to spend a ton of cash in the process. Below you ll find my shipping process for art prints that i ve been utilizing for the past ten plus years. These tubes are available from the post office a shipping store or even art stores. Nobody enjoys the hassle of receiving damaged prints either from the standpoint of a customer or a seller.

Select an appropriate shipping container. Gently lay your work face down on the sheet. Ship unframed artwork that s larger than 48 by 48 inches and framed. How to ship artwork 1.

There is absolutely no right or wrong way to do things. If the print is fragile made with any glass or ceramic consider using picture packing supplies like greenwrap tissue paper corrugated bubble or packaging paper to protect your print.