Artcare - Auckland Art Gallery

Packing / HandlingA cutmaking a traycorrugations runlengthwise on cardTRAYbruise or score the boardacross the grain with ablunt instrument (controlledby a ruler) to give a cleanbend/hingeobject secure to tray / tray fits into boxinner tray wallsthrough the protective layer of Cellaire andthrough the floor of the tray allows the cotton tape topass underneath the tray and return to the upside forsecuring with a tie.There are many advantages in using the tray andstrapping method:It allows the packing process to be accomplished incomfort and safety independent of the carton or box,flat on the worktable, later to be inserted into the boxwhen secured to the tray.It affords high visibility of the object and thereforeimmediate identification of its packing system by whoeverhas to unpack.It is an economic method which uses readily availablematerials. The tray is made of double corrugatedboard and is cut to fit the interior of the carton, allowinga pad of foam to lie below it on the floor of the carton.The side ‘walls’ of the tray should exactly reach the lidof the outer box so that when sealed, the ‘walls’ will preventany upward movement of the packed contents.layer of Cellaireor Evazotecotton tapeBOX/CARTONfoamrolls of Cellaireobjects are protected by tissuepads and strapped through alayer of Cellaire to the trayouter box (with flaps cut away)shows the tray easily fittinginside the boxfoam56