Final 2013 entry: packing and new sculpture

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We packed all the work in foam and bubble wrap before contacting the local shipper man. He brought in a crate maker who made five HUGE crates to ship work back to Minnesota thanks to funding from my Minnesota State Arts Board Grant.

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Photos

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We brought back three years of stored work from Jiangshifu's house. Twenty boxes of work plus new pieces to pack and ship home.

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Out buying foam and bubble wrap.

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We printed black and white images to attach on each piece.

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Zhouying and I taping a package

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Between the work, rolls of foam and bubble wrap we took over a good part of the studio.

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The thought of shipping all this work was a bit overwhelming.

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The studio owner Prof. Zhou and his wife would just walk by and smile as I took more and more space.

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For multiple part work we bundled them together so I do not have to sort and find matching pieces at home.

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The bundle pile starts to grow.

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And here.

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And here!!!

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My happy helpers

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All this work with 100 degree weather and sporadic power outages so no fans.

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We almost buried Zhouying under the bundles.

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Dug her back out.

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Sherry and Zhouying negotiating for me with the shipper and box maker. They estimated I needed five, maybe six meter cubed crates for all the work.

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Two days later five HUGE crates came into the studio taking up more space.

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To give a sense of scale we put Zhouying inside. I thought I could sell these as small houses.

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It was our job to pack the crates. We put all the heavier, big pieces on the bottom and then fit in all the small around.

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With five crates at our access we ended up being able to fit all the work in two.

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Sealing the crates.