The Odyssey of my drawing Emrakul

Since I entered the Trial by Comics Contest "Magic: The Gathering II" with my drawing EMRAKUL about 9 months ago, this drawing has made quite an odyssey. In my entry I described the ordeal I went through in creating it, and now it seems there is a curse on it. Let me explain:

When I sent my drawing EMRAKUL off to Poland at the end of August for the Magical Dreams V exhibition (together with 2 paintings), for some unexplainable reason the Post managed to break the frame and shatter the glass. How that happened I cannot figure out, since this piece was sandwiched between the paintings, and they were not damaged. I packed it very carefully, thinking they should survive a trip around the world and be dropped from a plane without damage. So after attending the opening on September 7th 2019, I took it home with me.

^{Opening of Magical Dreams V at Gallery Bator in Szczyrk, Poland
along with Emrakul, I had 2 paintings in this show, so the day was not completely lost.}

The broken frame I might be able to cut up into one about half the size. The drawing had scratches from the glass which I was able to fix (restoration took almost as much time as the initial work). A couple of weeks ago I found a frame at Boesner and I re-framed it. The outside dimension of the frame is roughly 50 x 60 cm. I found a box 70 x 70 cm and packed it in there, double bubble wrap, sandwiched between styrofoam sheets and double corrugated cardboard, the empty spaces filled with styrofoam slabs (salvaged from a construction site), wads of filler paper and additional bubble wrap wadded up. The box itself is triple strength corrugated cardboard. It should survive a trip to the dark side of the moon without damage.
I am already curious though if it makes it to Poland without getting trashed ..... going to mail it within the next few days.

This how it was originally framed - a antique frame.
It got broken in the mail.

This is a frame I got from Boesner, it is a object-box frame, the line is called "Stockholm". So the matboard and drawing are set back from the glass by a narrow spacer.

I posted on Facebook, and here is a relevant comment tread:

• Paula Rosa:
  Wow! that was an odyssey! I hope it arrives in perfect condition.
• Otto Rapp:
  I can only hope ...... from the photos that the gallerist sent me, it looked like the package had been hit from the side with a sharp object. While this one I am sending now could withstand a lot, it would not withstand getting hit with a pick-ax!
• Paula Rosa:
  😃 I hope they're not using pick-axes anymore at the Post Office. Love the drawing! Good luck, dear friend.

---

Magical Dreams V runs until October 30th 2019 at the GALLERY BATOR in SZCZYRK , Poland. 2020 it will travel to various centers in Poland, Austria and Germany - see here for the schedule. Additional venues might still be added. Thus, it is important for my work to get there and be included in the upcoming shows, alongside my two paintings.

^{▲Bogomil's Avatar and Yggdrasil►}

---

Note: for larger images, see this post on Busy

---

Visit my website
▼

^{PRINTS OF MY ARTWORK AVAILABLE HERE:}

About - Introduction on Steemit