Re: packing of large unframed drawings

[Bruce Bundock <truro5@yahoo.com>]

sarahforrest@earthlink.net wrote:
>  hello,
>
> i am hoping to get some suggestions regarding the packing of a traveling exhibition of charcoal works on paper.  the drawings install behind sheets of plexiglass, which will be shipped in separate crates.  i am currently designing the crate for the drawings, which will be constructed of mdo plywood. however i am not entirely sure of how to pack the drawings within the crate.  the issues at hand are the size of the drawings - the largest is about 6' x 8' - and the fact that they are unframed and unmatted.  my thought is to make a foamcore portfolio for each drawing, but i am concerned that the drawings will slip within the portfolio.  while the crate will be opened flat, it will have to travel upright.  also, the foamcore will have to be spliced together and i am concerned that the seam will
>  leave an imprint on the drawings (especially if i am relying on friction to keep them from slipping).  
>
> i would appreciate suggestions from those of you who may have dealt with any of these issues.
>
> thank you in advance,
>
> sarah forrest
>
> Hi Sarah,
>   1. don't display the charcoal drawings behind plexi, especially if
>       drawing are going right up against the plexi. Plexi gives off a
>       static charge -trust me on this- that will draw particles of graphic
>       material to it.
>   2. 6x8 is large. I would recommend glass, but then you have a weight
>       issue to deal with. glass will bow at that size. potentially dangerous.
>   3. you might consider a frame for display. simple box cap profile.
>       if you make the frame as a shadow box and keep the plexi far
>       enough away you might diminish the consequences
>  mentioned  in  
>       line 1. This would require a deep frame, with spacers to keep the
>       plexi at least an inch away ( possibly more) from the surface of the
>       drawing.
>   4. you could wrap the drawings in glassine for short term travel and 
>       photo corner the package to the foam core to prevent slippage. with
>       glassine as an interleaving tissue, chances are that a spliced foam
>       core will not leave a seam "imprint" on the drawing.
>                                                                 hope this helps.

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