While the transportation of two-dimensional artwork may go risk-free with professional soft packaging, sculptures are usually more susceptible to damage in transit. Quite often, they require additional safety measures, such as custom sculpture crating, to ensure safe delivery. Here is the process of building a custom crate for fragile and delicate sculptures.

What Is Custom Sculpture Crating?

The essence of a custom-built crate is its unique design in line with the artwork’s size, shape, and weight. This way, a custom crate matches only one art object and can be reused for its shipping and storage multiple times.

Though a crate may seem to be an avoidable extra expenditure, its benefits are numerous. First, your fragile, vulnerable artwork has a secure, personal shipping container that guarantees the fullest degree of protection. Second, it is a one-time investment that gives your art object advanced security and can be used many times if the piece travels a lot or needs to be shipped internationally.

Steps to Build a Custom Crate for a Sculpture

The initial stage of custom sculpture crating is the art object’s initial assessment. Professionals who will build a crate need to come to your premises and measure the sculpture’s dimensions and weight, considering the material it is made from and the degree of its fragility. They should record all protruding parts that require separate attention and identify the sculpture’s weak parts that present a higher risk of damage.

The next stage includes the actual manufacturing of the crate with the use of high-quality plywood or wood. Art craters build the structure of your crate using the sculpture’s measurements and create the internal layering and padding from museum-grade, acid-free materials to ensure the artwork stays safe inside the crate during transit. They also leave some extra space inside the crate so that it houses the wrapped sculpture neatly.

Need a Custom-Built Crate? Fine Art Shippers Is Ready to Help

If you need a customized crate for your artwork in New York, it’s time to contact Fine Art Shippers. Our team of art craters is highly experienced and can build a sturdy crate for a sculpture of any size and weight, both in our workshop or onsite. Let us assume full responsibility for packing and crating your sculpture; it will be a wise investment in the preservation of your valuable art.