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How a Professional Art Mover Ride Their Blanket Stack

Matt Isble — Tue, 11 May 2021 03:57:35 +0000

Hey there you art, science, history, children’s preparator handler technicians. I saw this today, I think for the first time in all my years. It may be ordinary to some of you or an epiphany to others. In any case I thought I’d share this bit of behind the scenes at the museum magic. This simple board made this stack so firm and so compact. It was very nice tops around. I asked the trucker if I could shoot it and share it. Like many of you they were very glad that others recognized and appreciated a fun trick and were happy to share. Do you have a cool trick with blankets? A tidy rabbit? Have you written a sonnet or haiku about blankets? What’s you favorite color combination and why?

Keep on Tricking Ya’ll

Matt

One Way to Encourage (Demand) that Nothing is Stacked on Your Crate

Matt Isble — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 21:49:07 +0000

You can spray paint the message all you want, but you’ll never know, with one hundred percent certainty, that others will respect your message of DO NOT STACK. So what can you do, here’s one simple solution. Pretty obvious, but hey, sometimes something simple is all you need. Happy crating to all of you.

No Stacking Please

A bonus Image we came across, hopefully none of this was destined to any of you:

Wrapping Ornate Frame for Short Distance Transport

Matt Isble — Tue, 12 May 2015 18:33:56 +0000

We had to find a way to quickly wrap an old painting with its ornate frame for a 4 hour road trip. The frame extends beyond the main body of the frame and this was our challenge- how do we wrap the work so it puts the least amount of pressure on the frame? We didn’t want to ride the work flat as this old canvas would not appreciate bouncing up and down, and just putting foam along the bottom would still put undue pressure on the frame. So what did we end up doing? We used hot glue to hold the long strips of foam with a cutout large enough for the main body of the frame to fit through. This allowed us to float the delicate edges that protrude downward. The sides then wrap around the edges of the foam, then….

Adaptable shipping box for 2D painting

Matt Isble — Thu, 07 May 2015 02:27:51 +0000

I can’t find a manufacturer name on this box! Anyone have a source for boxes like this?

In the pictures below, you’ll notice white straps were used to bind the wrapped work to the cardboard holder. I subsequently used some tape to demonstrate how it all fits together.