How to ship a large painting?

you know, they might, as I know they can do that with some framed artwork (I used to work as a caricature artist, and that was part of the spiel, haha).

Oh, god...I did that. For the most miserable six weeks of my life. I had NO IDEA how many people with serious facial deformities decide they'd like a portrait done.

There is no tactful way to say, "would you like that with the hairy mole, or without?"

Yeah... thankfully I was working at the San Diego Zoo, so it was mostly kids. And I have a knack at drawing things cute, so it worked out. I was there for a year. While it helped my artwork improve leaps and bounds, I was so tired of drawing at the end of the day that I had to force myself to work on my own stuff. I don't regret it though, as it was still a lot of fun, most times.

shipped an old and probably somewhat valuable oil painting of my great-great-great grandmother in a regular cardboard picture box with the rest of my stuff. It came through fine.

did you ship it through regular mail or with a moving company?

i'm in knots thinking about leaving behind the paintings and drawings i have that my great-grandmother made.  they're dated back to 1913!   i'm so nervous about shipping them...i may end up leaving them with my dad and trying to take them over one by one in carry-on luggage when i'm home for visits. 

I shipped quite a lot of artwork, along with my household goods, using a moving company. None of it was damaged.

I was kind of hoping half of it would go in the Atlantic, as it was mine and it was crap. I threw out all sorts of old artwork, but I couldn't bring myself to throw it all...

Sorry it took so long to get back to you - stupid time difference!

Unfortunately they were moved over by my friend's employer, so they had the moving company pack and ship her paintings along with everything else in the container.

So I'm not much help.  Sorry.

No worries! Thanks for checking, though.

I think I'm going to take it down and look at it to see if the unstapling/rolling option will work for me, if not I'll call around for shipping estimates, and if all THAT fails, my current roommate (who's like the sister I never had) has said she'd look after it for me.

I almost forgot!  My friend also said to look into customs charges before you send anything over.  She said she paid a FORTUNE in customs fees for the art she shipped over.

even if it's my own and I've had it for years? wouldn't that count as a personal item and NOT be hit with fees?

 

even if it's my own and I've had it for years? wouldn't that count as a personal item and NOT be hit with fees?

 

I don't think you will be charged customs duties/import taxes on your own artwork that has been a personal effect of yours for years, no.

even if it's my own and I've had it for years? wouldn't that count as a personal item and NOT be hit with fees?

 

Oops!  I meant to say make sure that it is clear it's yours so that you don't pay outrageous fees.  My friend learned that the hard way.

That's what I get for trying to multitask!

Make sure everything is signed.  Dates are probably good, too.  After a few years studying in Japan, my intaglio professor had all her (unsigned) stuff confiscated at Customs.  "Cultural property of Japan".. needing export permits and fees and stuff.  Not sure if she ever did get it back.  Of course, it was a load of stuff, so drew their attention.

Duly noted! Thanks guys!