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For Geographically Remote ClientsThis page summarises what you will have to be aware in addition, if you are geographically remote from Seattle, Washington, USA. [more to come] CommunicationTaking Reference PhotosPackagingPackaging will naturally differ depending on what needs to be shipped. If you would like the very top quality, you would want to consider having us use sturdy supports that are highly specialized for pastel paintings, such as heavy, thick, textured paper, or specially treated boards. These do not roll up, so they need to be shipped flat. Even if not, if you would like us do the matting and framing, then it needs to be shipped flat too. What we generally recommend for remote clients, however, is have us use the kind of paper that can be rolled up, and do the matting and framing by yourself. Since this way we will be able to ship it rolled up in a tube, it is the most economical method. As an added bonus, you can exercise your artistic creativity when you do matting and framing by yourself. By the way, since the choice of support will not only affect the price of the support, but the shipping fee as well, it needs to be discussed in the onset of the project. Below we will show you how we ship our paintings in a tube when we can. First, we wrap the finished piece in a special kind of paper called glassine. See the photo below. Glassine looks like tracing paper, and is used often to protect the surface of pastel paintings.
As we discuss in a separate section on pastel care, you have to avoid surface friction at all costs when you handle pastel pieces. This is why we wrap the pieces with glassine paper. Then we roll up the piece, put it in a plastic bag (to avoid potential damage by rain), and then put in a tube. See the photo below.
When you open the tube, make sure you do so from the end that is marked so. That end is where the opening of the interior bag is. Pull it out very gently. Even after you open the bag and unroll the piece, keep the glassine paper on whenever possible; especially we strongly recommend doing so while you fiddle with it and try to decide the placement of the window you want to give to the matboard. We also recommend you choose an acid-free matboard and an acid-free backing board to keep the piece for a long time. Our pieces themselves are all made with archival quality materials. For general discussion on matting and framing, see the separate page on matting and framing. Shipping
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