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For independent Australian artists

Pack your artwork in minutes, not hours.

Three boxes — Small, Medium, and Large. We cut the foam to your work. Drop it in, tape it, send it to the buyer. No bubble-wrap layers. No patchwork carton.

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  • Ships Australia-wide
  • Prices in AUD inc GST
  • Flat shipping A$12.00
Artist placing a canvas into an open foam shipping kit
Messy bubble wrap and mismatched boxes around a half-packed canvas
The usual way: layers of wrap and a box you cobble together.
Open Smart Packing kit with foam cavity holding a painting
The kit: one of three cartons, foam cut to the work.

Three steps

How it works

Step 1

Measure the work

Width, height, and depth — including stretcher bars or frame.

Step 2

We cut the foam

Order Small, Medium, or Large. The cavity is cut to your measurements.

Step 3

Tape and send

Close the carton. No extra wrap. Post it to the new home.

See the packing notes

Size finder

What are you sending?

Measure the work, including stretcher bars or frame. We will pick the smallest of three boxes and cut the foam to those measurements.

Enter width, height, and depth to see a kit.

Three box sizes, foam cut to the work. For 2D pieces up to 50 mm thick — not sculptures. Leave glass out of frames where you can.

Complete kits

Three boxes, foam to fit

All kits
Small kit: open carton with foam insert

Prints, studies, and small canvases

Small kit

Fits work up to 42 × 42 cm, 50 mm deep. Foam cut to your piece.

A4, A3, 30 × 30, 30 × 40, 40 × 40 cm

A$28.00 inc GST

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Medium kit: open carton with foam insert

Everyday studio canvases

Medium kit

Fits work up to 60 × 60 cm, 50 mm deep. Foam cut to your piece.

A2, 40 × 50, 50 × 50, 50 × 60 cm

A$45.00 inc GST

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Large kit: open carton with foam insert

Large canvases that still post as a parcel

Large kit

Fits work up to 90 × 90 cm, 50 mm deep. Foam cut to your piece.

60 × 60, 60 × 90, 70 × 70, 76 × 76, 90 × 60 cm

A$72.00 inc GST

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Common questions

What is in a kit?+

One of three stocked cartons (Small, Medium, or Large) and a 100 mm foam pack. Each face of the pack is two 25 mm sheets glued together. We cut a cavity to your artwork so the piece cannot slide. No bubble wrap layers, no hunting for a box that fits.

How do I know which kit to buy?+

Measure the work’s width, height, and depth (including stretcher bars or frame). Use the size finder — it recommends the smallest box that can take that face size. You can rotate the work in the plane of the canvas; depth does not rotate.

How thick can the work be?+

Most canvases are around 50 mm. That is the maximum depth the cavity takes. If your work is thinner, we add padding in the cavity so it cannot bounce during transit. Leave glass out of frames if you can — it is heavy, it breaks, and it eats depth.

Is this for sculptures or 3D work?+

No. These kits are for 2D work: paintings, canvases, prints, drawings, and similar pieces that sit in a shallow cavity.

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