A packing demonstration for artists at a community workshop.

T.E.D. · About

T.E.D. in the community.

Sharing the craft with the people who make the art.

Giving back

Know-how is worth sharing.

Artists often spend years on a work, then trust it to a box. We help artists and arts organisations get that part right, with practical packing advice, materials and workshop skills.

Where we show up.

01
Honest advice
Straight answers on what a work actually needs, and where a simpler solution will do.
02
Materials by the sheet
Archival materials sold by the sheet, roll or cut to size, so artists don't buy in bulk to pack one work.
03
Local jobs
Crates built in our own Australian workshops keep skilled joinery and packing jobs here.
04
The next generation
New technicians learn on real projects alongside senior staff.

In the workshop

Hands cutting ethafoam corner blocks with a long blade on a cutting mat. — Workshop, corner protection

A neat stack of finished pine crates with stencilled arrows in a workshop bay. — Made in Australia

Gloved hands folding archival tissue over the corner of a small frame. — Archival wrap

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The rest of the journey

Few consignments involve a single service. Most begin with a crate, cross a border, pause in climate-controlled storage and end on a gallery wall. Explore the parts of that chain we also handle.