As you may know, I made a lovely chess set to donate towards my friend’s surgery fund.
However, I had to ship it down to Florida to the person organizing the sale of various pieces of glass artwork to help him reach is goal. So how do you safely ship a glass chess set?
Pieces in their case
I believe I found the solution by changing my mind. The chest that the pieces are in has a glass top to it, but I certainly didn’t want this broken in transit. The solution? I decided to throw in the board I made to take pictures of the pieces on. It turns out it fits nicely on top of the chest and covers the glass while still being elevated over it. I like the box I used and will likely do it again. You’ll notice there’s extra space in there, so it’s a good universal size. But, it likely means I’ll either need to invest in some plywood or make sure that the boards are included in the purchase price I charge for these.
First I made sure that the pieces were all snug in their foam:
I had to put the business card *somewhere*
Then I covered the space in between the pieces and the glass top with another piece of dense foam, cut to fit, so nothing will shift:
Sorry about the blur
Finally, I layered a piece of plate foam, the chess board, and another piece of foam so I could wrap it in paper like a Christmas present. This allowed me to secure the board and protect the box somewhat without attaching the packing tape directly to the wood The plate foam between the board and the frame on the box helps keep it from shifting sideways:
Snug as a bug
This all went into a box with packing peanuts above, to the sides and on top. Hopefully it’ll make it in the same number of pieces it left in!