How to pack stone sculture for shipping

Quoted text begins.When a stone is a cube its pretty easy to figure the weight, but what
about a sculpture? When its small you just weigh it, but what about
when its too big to weigh yourself?-
End of quote.

I usually figure the weight by cubeing the initial block, and estimating
about how much material I removed in the carving process.
For instance, I have a piece in Indiana Limestone that started out as a 60
x 21 x 27 inch block==19.68 cubes or (figuring 145lbs / cubic ft) about
2850 lbs.

I estimate that I removed 30-35% so when asked, I say the finished piece is
about 1800 lbs, and if it went on a scale, I suspect that wouldn't be very
far off-maybe a 100 lbs either way at most. When I'm shipping something by
weight, and asked for the weight I tell them the number is my best guess,
and if need be they can weigh it at the terminal. Usually they don't.

JVC