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Silkporcelain.com

A New Format in Presentation

Over the past five years there has been a significant increase in international shipping rates. This has resulted in a revision of the manner with which high quality silk art is presented to the market. Silkporcelain.com now supply the majority their silk art in a roll format.

This new concept has significant advantage over the previous method of suppling the art-works as a complete and framed items.

International air-freight charges are calculated as a combination of volume and weight.

The new format of supplying the silks as a roll reduces the volume by about 25 - 40 percent on an average sized item and the total weight is reduced by between 85 and 95 percent. This means in effect that the shipment cost is reduced by around 75 percent.

There are a few other benefits in this new formate that work both ways. Since the introduction of the rolled format the incidence of damage during shipment have been reduced to almost Zero. There is no longer any frame to be damaged, nor glazing to be cracked and consequently destroy the art work. This makes both the client happier and also us.
One of the problems that has existed and still continues today is the variation that exists with the quality of many of the frames produced within China.
Yes, it is true that the client will need to have the artwork framed once it arrives but, now the quality of the framing and the style and design of the frame is where it belongs , with the client.