Handling Original Prints

Prints on paper are fragile and are easily damaged by incorrect handling, often without the person doing the damage being aware of what they are doing! The following guidelines will help to keep your prints in perfect condition. Contact us if you need further information.

1. Wash and dry your hands before handling prints and work on a clean flat surface.

2. Always pick up a print with both hands, holding it on opposite edges. For large prints it is best to hold on two opposite corners. (Holding or moving a print with one hand will cause a kink in the paper which will be permanent).

3. Keep prints stored flat, in acid-free folders which are larger then the print to be stored. Store in a cool, dry environment, and keep interleaved with acid-free tissue paper.

4. If you are going to be sending a print with a courier or in the mail, refer to our packing procedures and carefully follow the step-by-step instructions. Any prints sent to Art Print SA packaged in a way that does not follow these guidelines, and arrives damaged, will be the responsibility of the person who packed it, and not the courier company!

5. If you need to write things down while working with prints, use a pencil not a ball point pen, as accidental pencil marks can be erased, but ink cannot.

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