I use a combination of folders made from rag board & foam board for flat work that fit on a print rack. I have been storing collections and 3D things in boxes. How is everybody else handling this?
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How to you store customer work?
- Thread starter Gregory K. Norris CPF
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Blue-print drawers for 2-D art.
John Barlowe
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I just scored this set of 10 drawer flat files that are going under my design counter at new location.
For 3D objects I have shelfs in work room.
For 3D objects I have shelfs in work room.
Ylva Callewaert
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I have a huge workshop, with large tables and horizontal shelves underneath.
Then I have two file drawers, like John's and one with 5 drawers (wood and gorgeous) for 3d art and pastels
Then I have two file drawers, like John's and one with 5 drawers (wood and gorgeous) for 3d art and pastels
Nice, I have flat files, with alphabetized labeled drawers, but I still place each item in folder made from board or foam core. Learned to do that after one print worked its way to the back of the drawer and got itself scrunched up "Accordion Style" in the back of the drawer.:z-oops:
Some larger work goes into print sleeves.
Small work goes into Mylar page protectors, I keep in a 3 ring binder, alphabetized. No more misplacing small items, that trick is from Dave W.
Some larger work goes into print sleeves.
Small work goes into Mylar page protectors, I keep in a 3 ring binder, alphabetized. No more misplacing small items, that trick is from Dave W.
Gail Poshepny
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Boy, do I feel stupid. I put smaller work in mylar page protectors too but never thought of putting the pages in a binder - just have them in a separate bin. Dahhh!
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Thanx Randy...
I have been trying to find a flat file for YEARS. I can find them, but they are halfway across the country, and way out of my budget. The open print cabinet works for most things. I am really envious of John and his designed just the way he wants it new shop...and a flat file. Very nice.
That is a great idea about the binder...I would never have thought to do that. What a space saver! I hope Dave W is still lurking (or better yet, joining) so he can know how much I appreciate it.
As I have focused more on collections, they are becoming the storage problem. That is my next problem to solve.
That is a great idea about the binder...I would never have thought to do that. What a space saver! I hope Dave W is still lurking (or better yet, joining) so he can know how much I appreciate it.
As I have focused more on collections, they are becoming the storage problem. That is my next problem to solve.
Kai Vanuffelen
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For temporary storage of artwork from customers I use the top of the office-desk!
If I used the top of my desk I would be sure to put a cup of tea on it!
Yesterday I turned my back for a second to punch in the ticket and the customer was writing out his check on top of a photograph!
Sleeves in flat files, boxes with shadowbox collections in them of all sizes. What I would like to have a better place for is all the stuff in their frames. I tuck them where I find space but I wish I had a dedicated spot just for that.
Yesterday I turned my back for a second to punch in the ticket and the customer was writing out his check on top of a photograph!
Sleeves in flat files, boxes with shadowbox collections in them of all sizes. What I would like to have a better place for is all the stuff in their frames. I tuck them where I find space but I wish I had a dedicated spot just for that.
John Barlowe
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That's always the problem isn't it. I found these on Ebay and only about 1 hour drive from here (the shipping is the killer) If I remember he accepted my offer which I think was $375.00 for both. They even had a base which I could not use. I had thought about only keeping one set and selling the other as I knew I probably could recoup just about all I had paid for both - thought better of it and decided to keep both of them.
Keep looking as they do show up. You might try Craigs List also. I think you can still post a "Want to Buy" on Ebay.
I would easily have paid the $375 and driven up there! But you are smart to keep them both. From the pic they seem to be in great shape. Hold on to those bases if you have the room.
We have a vertical file with 60 numbered slots. We have matboard sleeves, into which the art goes. Then that package goes into a numbered slot, and that number is noted on the workorder. We know where everything is, it is protected from accidents, it never gets mixed up. We can lay hands on it instantly. For 3D objects we have two metal drawers, numbered D1 and D2. That is where the odd stuff goes.
WOW! Organized Ellen!!!! Nice!
Greg I told a rep friend up there to keep an eye out for flat files for you!:smile-new:
Greg I told a rep friend up there to keep an eye out for flat files for you!:smile-new:
I would like to see a picture of Ellen's vertical file. And Mikki, if I end up with a flat file, I am going to get a pic with sunglasses! Thanks.
From the beginning in 1988, I have had nightmares about damaging or losing customers' artwork. So, we have only a few dedicated locations and uniform provisions for storing customers' property. We put it away immediately after taking in the order and leave it in its designated location until we are ready to mount it. Consistency in storage practice is essential.
We use folders (once white matboard, now white Coroplast) to store everything that is flat. The folders are very durable, easy to clean, and easy to handle. When we see one of these distinctive folders, we know it contains a customer's property. We make these folders using a spine of 2" wide packing tape inside and outside the hinge-edge, so there is no chance of exposed adhesive, and we install Mylar windows on an outside corner to hold the order ID tag. We have them in 24x36 and 36x48, and both sizes stack neatly in our ten-drawer, 38x50 steel flat files.
Little items are too easy to misplace, so we make them big. Even if the item to be framed were only a postage stamp, we would secure it in its own 24x36 folder and stack it in the drawer.
Three dimensional objects are kept in boxes on an overhead shelf designated for only that purpose. Flat items larger than 36x48 generally are posters that arrive in tubes, which we use for storage in a designated place off the floor. On the rare occasions when we need to store a large item flat, we put it between two sheets of 40x60 matboard or 48x96 sheets of Coroplast, tape the edges, mark it boldly, and keep it in a designated place.
Our flat files were well used when we purchased them from the surplus office equipment warehouse at Ohio State University. When we need to buy file cabinets of any kind, I check with the university, since they are always remodeling or expanding, and academic folks want everything in their offices to be shiny and new. They have an unlimited supply of money, you know. Anything that looks worn or outdated is replaced, and the old items are often sold for cheap.
We use folders (once white matboard, now white Coroplast) to store everything that is flat. The folders are very durable, easy to clean, and easy to handle. When we see one of these distinctive folders, we know it contains a customer's property. We make these folders using a spine of 2" wide packing tape inside and outside the hinge-edge, so there is no chance of exposed adhesive, and we install Mylar windows on an outside corner to hold the order ID tag. We have them in 24x36 and 36x48, and both sizes stack neatly in our ten-drawer, 38x50 steel flat files.
Little items are too easy to misplace, so we make them big. Even if the item to be framed were only a postage stamp, we would secure it in its own 24x36 folder and stack it in the drawer.
Three dimensional objects are kept in boxes on an overhead shelf designated for only that purpose. Flat items larger than 36x48 generally are posters that arrive in tubes, which we use for storage in a designated place off the floor. On the rare occasions when we need to store a large item flat, we put it between two sheets of 40x60 matboard or 48x96 sheets of Coroplast, tape the edges, mark it boldly, and keep it in a designated place.
Our flat files were well used when we purchased them from the surplus office equipment warehouse at Ohio State University. When we need to buy file cabinets of any kind, I check with the university, since they are always remodeling or expanding, and academic folks want everything in their offices to be shiny and new. They have an unlimited supply of money, you know. Anything that looks worn or outdated is replaced, and the old items are often sold for cheap.
