shipping large sculpture by kim cridler

Shipping LARGE

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What I Should Have Known:About Shipping Large Work

Waldglas Tumbler, 16th century, probably Netherlandish, blown glass with applied prunt decoration, metal rings.

Fragile ornament is removable.

Assembly instructions are included with loan forms.

Parts are appropriately protected.

All parts are packaged and labeled.

Delicate elements on vessel are protected.

Double walled cardboard box reinforced with sheet Styrofoam holds work firmly without motion.

Extra packing material to prevent shifting during

shipment.

Ready to go with: address, opening instructions, and size of box.

Bittersweet (Basin), steel, cast bronze, copper, bees wax, amber, howlite, silver, 25” high.

Bittersweet (Basin), at Pittsburgh Society for Contemporary Craft’s Raphael Prize Exhibition.

Waldglas

Graduate school work – SUNY New Paltz, 1993.

Lesson 1: Stuff is ExpensiveSo is Shipping and Storing it

PROFESSIONAL PACKERS & FORWARDERS, INC.5930 WEST JEFFERSON BOULEVARD

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90016-4324Employed as an account manager 1995-1997.

Prepared estimates for storage, transport, and installation of art, furniture, and antiques to and from local &international locations, coordinated and managed local &out-of state on-site installations.

PROFESSIONAL PACKERS & FORWARDERS, INC.5930 WEST JEFFERSON BOULEVARD

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90016-4324

Clients:• Sotheby’s Fine Art Auction House• Christie’s Fine Art Auction House• LA art galleries including Pace Wildenstein• Interior Design firms including Hendrix/Allardyce• Fine Art Collections including the Eli Broad Collection

HENDRIX ALLARDYCE INTERIOR DESIGN8721 BEVERLY BOULEVARD

LOS ANGELES, CA 90048

Lesson 2: Sometimes Bigger is Better

John Michael Kohler Art Center608 New York Avenue, Sheboygan, WI 53081

Kohler

John Michael Kohler founded this company in 1873, when he purchased

the Sheboygan Union Iron & Steel Foundry. The firm originally produced

cast iron implements for farmers, castings for furniture factories, and

ornamental iron pieces.

Today Kohler manufactures and markets bath and kitchen products,

engines and power generation systems, furniture and accessories,

and decorative tile. Additionally, Kohler developed and operates two golf and

recreation luxury resorts.

Kohler Co. Clock tower administration building.

Kohler Co. back of foundry complex.

Kohler Co. Pottery building.

Discharge from Kohler Co. Foundry electric iron melt.

Foundry worker, Kohler Co. Iron foundry.

Kohler Co. Pottery slip-cast floor.

Arthur Sinclair Covey painting mural for Kohler

Company, early 20th century.

Unidentified photographer. Arthur Sinclair Covey papers, Archives of

American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Ohio artist Jack Earl working in the Kohler Co. Pottery 1974 as one of the first artist in what was to become the Arts/Industry artist-in-residence program.

North Carolina artist Michael Sherrill working in the Kohler Co. Foundry 2006 with

enameled cast iron.

Michael Sherrill,Like Water No 1

Cast iron & distressed enamel,85-1/2” H x 18” diameter

Ann Agee, Lake Michigan Bathroom, 1991.

Slip-cast vitreous china, hand painted. Private

collection.

Timea Tihanyi, 2011 Arts/Industry Pottery resident.

Timea Tihanyi, 2011 Arts/Industry Pottery resident pottery studio.

Arts/Industry residents are afforded: transportation, housing, a weekly stipend, safety equipment, free use of studio and materials, photography services for finished work, free packing materials, and shipping services with common carriers for .09 cents per pound.

Instapak – foam in place packaging.

Timea Tihanyi -work from a 12-week residency packed and ready for shipping.

40 boxes, 1790 lbs. total weight = $161.10

Lesson 3: Think Outside the Box

And You Thought Greyhound Just Moved People…GPX

“Greyhound PackageXpress is your one-stop source for shipping oversized, heavy weight, same day and overnight freight

at incredibly low rates.”

Pros: Cheap - for example:

my recent 60# 3-box shipment to AZ from MI cost $450 with Fedex 3-day Super Saver-

would have cost $147 with GPX 2-day service Maximum weight 100# Maximum measurement: 30 x 47 x 82” Can ship soft-packed objects and unusual shapes

Cons: Cannot insure for full value Hard to track Must deliver and pick up from Greyhound station

“Ship with Amtrak - We offer small package and less-than-truckload shipping services between more than 100 cities.”

Pros: Cheap Maximum weight 50# for packages up to 36 x 36 x 36

or non-palletized items Maximum weight 500# for palletized items Can ship soft-packed objects and unusual shapes

Cons: Cannot insure for full value Must deliver and pick up from Amtrak station Limited city service

Blanket Wrap Shipping

Used for individual pieces or less than truckload shipment, blanket wrapping is common for furniture, trade shows, millwork or fixtures, as well as specialized equipment that is not crated.

Pros: Door to door deliveryGenerally trucks come with lift gates and two handlersPad wrappingInside delivery

Cons: More expensive but still less than an “art handler” Little control over how items are packed and handled

Plycon Transportation Groupblanket wrapped shipperwww.plycongroup.com

2009 shipment: 2 cartons: one at 30 x 30 x 30” one at 36 x 36 x 50” 110# Madison, WI to Glassboro, NJ $380 one-way

FLAV™ [flav] - nounAnything classified as Fragile, Large, Awkward, Valuable

NavisProfessional Packing, Crating, Shippingwww.gonavis.com

2008 shipment: 1 pallet: 36 x 36 x 66” H 200# Madison, WI to Scottsdale, AZ $500 one-way

Craters & FreightersProfessional Packing, Crating, Shippingwww.cratersandfreighters.com

• pickup and delivery• packaging• crating• shipping• insurance• recommended by Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum registrar Colette Pencenka for unusual or very heavy items

Lesson 4: (try and) Think Business

Bloom, commissioned for the Paine Art Center & Gardens, Oshkosh, WIfabricated bronze, slip cast vitreous china, 94” high.

Bloom, in progress, recorded through an on-line

virtual artist-in-residency.

Bloom transported in 2006 one-way with local moving company, 110 miles $1,000.

Halo, a 32 foot wreath-like ring crowning the Monroe Street entrance of the new Phoenix Convention Center.

Arbor Alma, Sage Hall, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.

Lesson 5: Do it Yourself (with some help)

Field Study #15: Burr Oak Branchsteel, bronze, 6 x 8 x 20’

Kim Cridler: My Wisconsin HomeRacine Art Museum, July 31, 2011-July 22, 2012

UW Madison grad students Briony Morrow-Cribbs and Ted Lott headed to Ted’s solo exhibition at the Urban Institute of Contemporary Art in Grand

Rapids, MI.

Ted Lott – installation view – housespine, MDF, paint, 8 ½ to 11’ tall

SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2012 Kim Cridler–Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2012 Kim Cridler & Beverly Penn–Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ2012 Drawn: Kim Cridler & Jonathan Wahl- Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI 2011-2012 Kim Cridler: My Wisconsin Home–Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI2010 Kim Cridler: Ornament and Form– Illinois Wesleyan School of Art, Merwin Gallery, Bloomington, IL2008 Kim Cridler & BA Harrington: Drawing on Traditions–UICA, Grand Rapids, MI2008 Kim Cridler: Gather–Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ2008 Kim Cridler: Verge–James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters2007 Kim Cridler–Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI2005 Kim Cridler & Valerie Hammond–Shaw Gallery, Weber State University, Odgen, Utah2005 Kim Cridler: Promise–Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2004 Kim Cridler: Domestic Ornamentation–Eisen-Howard Gallery, University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE2004 Iron Work: Kim Cridler & Cyril Colnik–NW Gallery, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI2003 Kim Cridler: Assuage–Lawrence University Gallery, Appleton, WI2002 Waxing: Kim Cridler & Timothy McDowell–Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ2001 Kim Cridler: Persistence & Impossibility–John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI 2001 Kim Cridler: Still–Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ2000 Kim Cridler: Plenty–Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Project Space, Santa Barbara, CA1998 Kim Cridler: something not yet remembered–Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ1998 Kim Cridler: Centric 56–University Art Museum, California State University Long Beach1997 Materials: Kim Cridler & Phyllis Green–Claremont College Art Gallery, Claremont, CA1993 MFA Thesis Exhibition–State University of New York, New Paltz, NY

Out of 22 solo and two-person exhibitions in the last 19 years, 16 involved a rental truck.

What I Should Have Known:was that I was going to do it anyway – so:

1) think ahead – scale and budget2) give yourself time to look for options

3) get lots of bids, and ask for a discount4) ask everyone you know for help

Good luck!

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