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How to ship a painting: Custom box
**Hello fellow artists and Steemians,**

Shipping a painting can be an intimidating, nerve-wracking, and expensive process for artists. Hopefully I can make this task a little less opaque for some of you. I developed a method that that is simple but extremely effective, economical, and hasn't failed me once: Over the past decade, I've never had a painting that was damaged during shipping. 

![002.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXze2RgPBCRt5Xm2YiG5FmU24hTQuaJqp1wz5s5TR267F/002.jpg)

My painting "Prey, Grace" was sold to a collector in Dubai. Due to the extra expenses involved in shipping internationally, it was essential that I keep the box size to an *absolute minimum* while at the same time providing *maximum protection*. This necessitated a custom box built to fit the dimensions of the painting perfectly. The painting itself is 12x24 inches, and the frame adds approximately 9 inches to each axis. 

![001.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQW8iQEMD89UqZysCoRAjPfksWy26ZRFVrWdecDtwEa2V/001.jpg)

Here is my step-by-step process:

<center>**Step 1:**<center>
![IMG_7961.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbotxw27wH598WRxc3t4SxcpBjcbHZPJtD89EsrVdL4FJ/IMG_7961.jpg)

<center>**Step 2:**<center>
![IMG_7970.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPZmn2e1LGan1PgYG91JNUDphKMrbrTHg2jMKnoAyuqg9/IMG_7970.jpg)

<center>**Step 3:**<center>
![IMG_7971.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcw2Tryj9t6DEQj66wuFr9Drqb6oRV8JEDbvmGwdQveva/IMG_7971.jpg)

<center>**Step 4:**<center>
![IMG_7972.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfFrowCyb58w3gs6ftRYmUnGKFtGWTrSuuZ1Kjw2wyNTv/IMG_7972.jpg)

<center>**Step 5:**<center>
![IMG_7973.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfRBtbS45gxfQNm8fngi9tqn9TtZvBnPZFCRLEyYCMfEx/IMG_7973.jpg)

<center>**Step 6:**<center>
![IMG_7974.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSGyz9jCZ6k61mBXeq4gt2VgJYY36yePPCZqP1xcfoxmP/IMG_7974.jpg)

<center>**Step 7:**<center>
![IMG_7975.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQjpR9mmCBkLQn9DX1MD98wQ9CrXf7puYFULYhjjChP17/IMG_7975.jpg)

<center>**Step 8:**<center>
![IMG_7976.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmecPXkZV8hAF5rgZSLwsNsSURKtaBKk6oYZMpgPi36Hh8/IMG_7976.jpg)

<center>**Step 9:**<center>
![IMG_7977.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPfLw5Lj7NmTo1piKMyi36LBDjDJqJWBkjJHGVMxo986r/IMG_7977.jpg)

<center>**Step 10:**<center>
![IMG_7978.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUUKL6WdvELr1WJooPxJ4xuLRkQFEgZqX5wYum4jdsNPs/IMG_7978.jpg)

<center>**Finished!**<center>

I would like to note that foam sheets are totally optional. I only use them sometimes. You can achieve the same level of protection with just cardboard and packing paper.   

The **next shipping tutorial** will show my simpler process with standard box sizes that I use for most of my paintings that ship domestically. The next tutorial is also broken down into greater detail. I hope this was helpful!

Thanks for reading! -David

![sigbanner.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmcBhA5GngX32MmWrcXxabnSVKWyGBu18Xh1DHkrPqZAXG/sigbanner.jpg)

<center>[My Website](https://davidcheifetz.com)</center>
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