Jonathan Schwartz | Southeastern Registrars Association
Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of ATELIER 4
ATELIER 4 recently collaborated with the South Carolina State Museum to transport “Big Percy,” a monumental sweetgrass basket by South Carolina artist Corey Alston. The project was coordinated with TCI – Transport Consultants International, Inc. We collected the large-scale woven work from the artist’s home in Mt. Pleasant and transported it to Columbia for exhibition at the museum.
Due to project budget considerations, we did not use a traditional museum crate. Instead, ATELIER 4’s art handlers developed a custom stabilization and tie-down solution designed specifically for the basket’s woven structure and scale. We engineered internal supports and secure strapping methods to mitigate vibration and movement during transit while maintaining museum-level handling protocols.