Customer: Jesse Price of The Quondam Tree
Challenge: Artist Jesse Price of The Quondam Tree needed a packaging solution to safely transport a 375 lb wooden sculpture that stood over 8 feet tall over 200 miles from Pennsylvania to the buyer in New York City. Jesse was seeking a durable solution that would ensure his sculpture would arrive intact.
Solution: Alleguard’s team in Allentown, PA, formerly known as Insulation of America (ICA), was able to work with Jesse on creating the ideal custom packaging solution for his project.
“What made EPS ideal for me was that it is lightweight and at the same time very sturdy…When creating my sculptures, I take great care when choosing the materials it will be made out of, so it just made sense to do the same with the packaging,” Jesse said. “Given the size of this sculpture and its cost, I needed to make absolutely certain that it would reach its destination safely, and so the search began for the best material to make that happen. Luckily it didn’t take long to find Alleguard (formerly ICA) online and even more fortunate for me it was only a short two-hour drive away!” said Jesse.
Jesse arrived at ICA to meet with the EPS team and learn about how to work with EPS foam.
“Thankfully they also sold the tools needed to cut and work the foam, so I was able to create a perfect fitting pocket for the sculpture to fit into without it moving around and damaging the valuable piece of art meant to travel inside.”
With patient precision and a hot knife, Jesse created a “pocket” within the foam (two 18″ x 48″ x 96″ pieces of 1# EPS) in which his wooden sculpture could snugly sit. With EPS as its cushion, Jesse’s sculpture made it safely to NYC!
“Working with the foam was amazingly easy and has proved to be one of the best finds I’ve come across. From now on, any sculpture I create will be shipped inside of EPS foam! The above and beyond customer service provided by the ICA team was in wonderful contrast to what has become the norm when dealing with most companies. They took the time to educate me on the tools I would be using to cut/shape the foam as well as answer the many questions I had about the foam in the first place, to make sure it was exactly what I needed. Their follow up and genuine care about doing a good job was very refreshing and will be welcome when purchasing my next order.”
EPS and a hot knife tool were able to help Jesse ensure his sculpture made it to NYC without incident.