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Introducing Jackson’s New Artwork Carriers

If you’re tired of the material waste and time spent wrapping your work in paper, bubble wrap, or cardboard, Jackson’s Artwork Carriers offer a professional and sustainable solution for storing and carrying your work. In this article, I’ll explore the benefits of these carriers, and highlight what sets them apart from other artwork storage products on the market. Introducing Jackson’s New Artwork Carriers Why Use an Artwork Carrier? Artwork carriers are designed to allow you to easily transport and store your artworks, protecting them from damage in the process. They are an environmentally conscious choice for reducing studio wastage from packaging, but this isn’t their only benefit. By using art carriers, you can rapidly open and check on an artwork, without having to cut through layers of cardboard, bubble wrap, paper, and tape. This also means you can immediately remove a painting from the carrier for display, without having to deal with the packing debris. Many artists make the mistake of tightly sealing their paintings in layers of bubble wrap and tape, which doesn’t allow the work to breathe. For oil painters in particular, trapping even a small amount of moisture inside can be damaging over time and …

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Practical Advice For Overcoming Creative Stagnation

Whether you’re a professional or amateur artist, all of us experience creative block at some point. In these moments, it can be helpful to remind yourself of the routines and techniques you can use to get yourself out of a rut, and ways to deepen your daily creative practice in order to keep the stagnation at bay. Reinforced by pearls of wisdom from previous Jackson’s Art Prize winners, we’ve outlined and collected some of the best advice to help you find your flow. Above image: Eleanor Johnson at the V&A Museum, London Seek Outside Inspiration Perhaps the first route to inspiration as an artist is to look outwards and ask, ‘What are other artists doing? What have they done in the past? How can they help me realise my own findings?’. While many artists share studio spaces, those who work alone may need to look a little further afield for creative dialogue when in a rut. As Abi Whitlock, winner of the People’s Choice Award, says “Working alone the majority of the time can lead to you becoming quite creatively stagnant and stuck in your own thoughts and patterns of working.” Head to a gallery to see …

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