Artists who have a need to ship their painting and receive it back after an exhibition now have the good fortune to acquire their shipping box from several companies. Most professional art galleries, competitions and art shows now insist you ship your work in a re-sendable “strong box.” Very affordable compared to running around town to find a proper cardboard shipping box, bubble wrap, tape, etc. These reusable containers are typically heavy-duty cardboard, lined with a reinforced material and a custom fit foam pad. You tell the company the size of your finished painting, and shortly you will receive the all inclusive box - open the lid, place your painting inside the fitted foam pad, close it up and off to FedEx (recommended) it goes! Simple! And upon return, the same box comes back to you with your painting (empty, if your painting sold!). I have used the same box several times and it holds up well! After repeated mailings, the box starts to show wear. But that’s exactly the point, a multi-reusable and eventually, disposable container. Not a bad product and service for us artists!

Check out these Strong Boxes:
•Airfloat Systems (www.airfloatsys.com)
•ElitePak Strong Boxes (www.elitepak.com)
•MasterPak (www.masterpak-usa.com)
•Uline (www.uline.com)
•AirSafe Art Boxes (www.clearbags.com)
•EZ Art Shippers (www.jerrysartarama.com)