Island of Misfit Crates (IoMC) is where worthy art and object cases go when nobody wants them anymore. We care for these crafted orphans and want to make them available to you, for a price. Nothing is free, pal. But these babies mean not another tree fallen just to be sent to a landfill at the end of its brief existence. Inventories fluctuate, but send us your needs and we will try to match you with some relevant candidates.
Contact us if you’re interested in a misfit crate info@atelier4.com
When we hear museum quality the first thing we ask is “which museum”? At IoMC, we mainly keep crates in stock with a vapor barrier, such as Tyvek, neoprene gaskets, battens and skids. Some are painted, some have MDO. We try to hang on to the most practical sizes first and we prioritize travel frames with coroplast. If there are problems with the hardware, we will advise you before selling it to you. You can either hire us to remedy that or take them as is for a good price.
We keep these crates in pest-free, climate stable storage. We do our best to examine donations because we don’t want critters getting anywhere near us for obvious reasons! That said, we accept donations of viable products and they’re from the usual suspects: World renown fine art shippers, yes, even from the competition…
Whom we adore.
Of course, these samples you see here are returns from our own crate shops. The red one is a top-of-the-line exhibition model with the rain hat, closure plates and full surround grey esterfoam.
We use height first, length and then width. The height is the most important as the other two directions aren’t an issue (an empty crate doesn’t need a travel direction*). It’s important to note whether the interior dimensions are “wood-to-wood” or “foam-to-foam” when you are communicating with us about a potential crate that you want us to receive from you as a donation into the IoMC program.
*Travel direction refers to positioning of a crate inside of the carrier’s equipment in either air or road freight.
For your entertainment pleasure, some original videos by DJ Mayonnaise Hands highlighting the whimsy that is fine art crating and the holiday cartoons of our forgotten youth. Enjoy more of our ancillary media and educational content here. We do a lot more than build crates, we store them, we move them worldwide, rig them, clear them through customs, open them and install their contents on your gorgeous walls
Contact us if you’re interested in a misfit crate info@atelier4.com