How to Safely Display and Store Your Prints and Artworks
Preserving your prints and artworks is essential to maintaining their quality over time.
Our range of acid-free storage and display products ensures that your valuable pieces remain protected from environmental damage, aging, and handling wear.
Follow this guide to effectively use our products for both displaying and storing your prints.
Displaying Your Prints and Artworks
1. Backing and Support
To prevent curling and damage, it is important to provide a sturdy backing for your prints.
Choose from our range of conservation-grade backing cards:
Backing Cards - 3.1mm Fluted Conservation Board
Extremely popular with artists, photographers and galleries these backing cards are prefect for transporting and displaying artworks as they are strong but light.
These backing cards are also useful for long term storage to support artworks, documents, prints, photographs
Backing Cards - 1mm Solid Conservation Board
These premium backing card are cut from Archival Folding Boxboard.
A grey exterior and a natural white interior layer, these backing cards are also useful for long term storage to support artworks, documents, prints, photographs.
How to use:
Place your print on the backing board.
Secure it using Photo Corners to prevent adhesive contact with the print.
2. Protecting with a Clear Bag
For additional protection from dust and handling damage, use a Crystal Clear Bag
How to use:
Slide the mounted print into the clear bag.
Seal the flap to keep out dust and moisture while maintaining full visibility.
Crystal Clear Bags
Made from acid free, biaxially orientated polypropylene (BOPP).
This makes the bags extra strong, making it hard for them to rip, wrinkle or fog.
Each bag has a reusable adhesive strip on the body of the bag. This is designed to ensure the adhesive will not come into contact with your product when reusing the bag.
Lightweight and archival safe, these Crystal Clear Bags are the perfect product for storing your prints, photographs & artworks
Storing Your Prints and Artworks
Proper storage is crucial for preserving prints in the long term. Our range of archival boxes provides excellent protection from light, dust, and environmental changes.
1. Choosing the Right Storage Box
We offer different types of acid-free print boxes to suit your storage needs:
Can't find a box the right size?
We will work with you to design a custom box to suit your needs.
Contact us with your required internal or external dimensions (Length x Width x Depth) and preferred material, and we will send you a quote.
2. Preparing Your Prints for Storage
Ensure prints are completely dry before storing.
Use acid-free interleaving paper between prints to prevent sticking and transfer.
Store prints upright or flat in an appropriately sized print box.
3. Best Practices for Long-Term Storage
Keep boxes in a cool, dry environment away from direct sunlight.
Avoid basements or attics where humidity and temperature fluctuations can occur.
Handle prints with clean, dry hands or wear Cotton Gloves to prevent oil transfer.
Final Tips for Preservation
Avoid using adhesives, tapes, or standard framing materials that can cause long-term damage.
Rotate displayed prints periodically to minimize light exposure.
Regularly check stored prints to ensure they remain in optimal condition.
By following these simple steps, you can confidently display and store your prints and artworks while ensuring their longevity.
Explore our full range of archival products to find the best solutions for your preservation needs!
Have Any Questions?
We are here to answer all of your queries