How to use wood for your custom bases and art packaging?
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Wood: an essential material
You may be used to displaying your artworks on plexiglass stands. Indeed, it's a material that allows for a wide variety of shapes. You can find stands for plates, stands for masks, among others.
The solution of using steel or brass for custom bases is also very common.
Steel is a material with the best price-quality ratio, while brass, being more luxurious, allows for custom bases of rare beauty.
But what if you want to create a custom base but don't like brass or steel? What if you're looking for something else?
Our goal over the years has been to offer an ever-increasing number of display solutions.
Steel, plexiglass, and brass are therefore materials we use very frequently.
In this quest for solutions, wood emerged as an essential option.
The solution of using steel or brass for custom bases is also very common.
Steel is a material with the best price-quality ratio, while brass, being more luxurious, allows for custom bases of rare beauty.
But what if you want to create a custom base but don't like brass or steel? What if you're looking for something else?
Our goal over the years has been to offer an ever-increasing number of display solutions.
Steel, plexiglass, and brass are therefore materials we use very frequently.
In this quest for solutions, wood emerged as an essential option.
In this article, discover when it is best to choose wood for your display solutions.
Example of custom wooden bases
Why choose a raw wood base?
The choice of wood as a base for your art objects is recommended when:
- You want to offer your object a base that combines modernity and tradition. Indeed, wooden bases, especially those with ogees, refer to the pedestals of historical sculptures in our heritage.
- You want to customize your bases with original patinas or varnishes. Several clients have already asked us to paint their bases red or blue.
You can also purchase our wooden bases and create your own patinas by visiting our online store.
Raw wooden bases with customizable ogees available for sale online
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Discover below some examples of our customized wooden creations
Example of wooden base with ogees and varnish
Red patina wooden base
Once you've selected your base, several sizes are available online or in our flea market store, you can choose between:
- Simply placing your art object on top, or
- Entrusting us with your object, and we will create a custom base by inserting a steel or brass rod into the center of your base.
- Simply placing your art object on top, or
- Entrusting us with your object, and we will create a custom base by inserting a steel or brass rod into the center of your base.
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Customized bases
For maximum originality, you also have the option of customizing your wooden base. We've seen this with patinas or varnishes, but we've also worked with an upholsterer. The result is astonishing.
Our raw wooden bases truly flourish when covered with antique wallpapers.
The base then takes on a very original dimension.
The use of these customized bases is a real marker in the elaboration of your interior decoration.
Indeed, you hardly ever see this type of wooden bases anywhere else.
We know that placing a work of art on a base instantly adds aesthetic value.
Sometimes, the magic happens, and the base/artwork combination works wonderfully.
In some cases, it's impossible to separate them, as the artwork and its base are aesthetically linked.
And it's this effect that we want to offer you with the use of these customized bases.
Our raw wooden bases truly flourish when covered with antique wallpapers.
The base then takes on a very original dimension.
The use of these customized bases is a real marker in the elaboration of your interior decoration.
Indeed, you hardly ever see this type of wooden bases anywhere else.
We know that placing a work of art on a base instantly adds aesthetic value.
Sometimes, the magic happens, and the base/artwork combination works wonderfully.
In some cases, it's impossible to separate them, as the artwork and its base are aesthetically linked.
And it's this effect that we want to offer you with the use of these customized bases.
Wooden bases covered with antique wallpaper
Wooden base covered with antique wallpaper
These various wooden bases covered with wallpaper are entirely handmade by an artisan.
The use of these wooden supports highlights craftsmanship based on quality and fantasy.
Example of a wooden crate for artworks
Your custom packaging - the wooden crate
Your art packaging needs are met thanks to our packaging store in the heart of the Saint-Ouen flea market in Paris.
As the creator of the bubble wrap pouch, we have developed a place entirely dedicated to art packaging for you.
As the creator of the bubble wrap pouch, we have developed a place entirely dedicated to art packaging for you.
You will find there:
- A set of packaging cartons perfectly suited to the format of your art and collection objects, single or triple fluted.
- Rolls of bubble wrap, available in 10m, 50m, or 100m.
- Bubble wrap pouches, several sizes available to best adapt to the format of your paintings and flat objects.
- Foam corners to best protect the corners of your fragile objects.
Bubble pouches and foam corners are available for sale online.
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Foam corners for paintings recommended to protect the corners of your paintings or tables for transport
Bubble wrap pouches to protect and store your paintings and flat objects
In summary, the La Bulle packaging station allows you to:
- Buy your packaging material: cartons, bubble pouches, tape, void fill material, rolls of bubble wrap.
- Benefit from expert advice on creating quality and secure packaging.
- Enjoy our custom packaging service.
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The advantages of the bubble wrap pouch:
- Ideal for storing your paintings and flat objects in your storerooms. Some models are equipped with an adhesive strip to hermetically seal the pouch.
- The bubble wrap pouch protects your paintings and flat objects during transport. Indeed, its air bubbles act like small air cushions that absorb shocks. The bubble pouch is completely reusable.
- Ideal for storing your paintings and flat objects in your storerooms. Some models are equipped with an adhesive strip to hermetically seal the pouch.
- The bubble wrap pouch protects your paintings and flat objects during transport. Indeed, its air bubbles act like small air cushions that absorb shocks. The bubble pouch is completely reusable.
If you don't feel like an packaging professional, treat yourself to our custom packaging service.
Packaged like in a museum
What is a custom packaging service?
Let us handle the creation of your art packaging. Our custom packaging service is very comprehensive.
It ranges from the creation of a simple cardboard package for a painting to the creation of wooden crates for international transport.
It ranges from the creation of a simple cardboard package for a painting to the creation of wooden crates for international transport.
Simple packaging for paintings:
- Use of a suitable single or triple-layer cardboard for the size of your painting.
- Installation of foam corners
- Use of a bubble pouch.
- Installation of foam corners
- Use of a bubble pouch.
Please note that we do not have the logistical capacity to store objects entrusted to us for packaging for long periods.
Your packaging needs require the use of a wooden crate.
Packaging in a wooden crate:
- Creation of the wooden crate from certified wood meeting international standards for goods transport.
- Securing your object inside the crate using appropriate void fill material.
- Creation of the wooden crate from certified wood meeting international standards for goods transport.
- Securing your object inside the crate using appropriate void fill material.
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We don't think about it often enough, but wood is truly a complete solution. This material allows for as much creativity as plastic or steel and is much more ecological.
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