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✦ CERTIFIED MASTER FABRICATION ATELIER · EST. 1978

Atelier Boba & Kyoto Washi Fine Art Lab

📍 Paris & Kyoto, France / Japan · Archival Print Washi
Platinum-Palladium Hand-Coating & Handmade Japanese Washi Printing
Sublime laboratory bridging French historical photographic printing and Japanese paper mastery. Renowned for hand-coated platinum-palladium prints, carbon transfer printing, and direct archival pigment transfer onto handmade 100% Echizen Kozo washi paper.
🛡️ Tier-1 Sovereign Master Guild · Accreditation Score: 99.4/100
Workshop Location Paris & Kyoto
Primary Head Artisan Master Boba Petrovic & Kenjiro Iwata
Capacity / Lead Time Max 5 editions per quarter · 20–30 days lead time
Resident Artists Ji-Hoon Kwon, Kenzo Takahashi
Supervision Standard 100% Author Direct
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Certified Materials Supplied
Handmade Echizen Kozo 120gsm Washi, Pure Platinum & Palladium Salts, Cold-Water Gelatin Size
Equipment & Facilities Telemetry
Custom vacuum UV contact printers, temperature-controlled developing trays, paper-drying racks with Japanese felt presses.
Author Supervision Protocol
Hand-coating of emulsion by master under dim safe-light; UV exposure matching artist's tonal scale; hand-washing in archival mountain water baths.
Rigorous Curatorial Protocol

Author Direct Supervision & Execution Roadmap

STAGE 01
Provenance & Material Selection
Selection of certified Belgian linen, Statuario marble block, or silicon bronze alloy. Author approves physical substrate.
STAGE 02
Atelier Execution
Master artisans execute carving, casting, or multi-layer glazing under author's direct supervision and digital macro review.
STAGE 03
Author Inspection & Seal
In-person final inspection, manual artist highlights, physical cryptographic signing, and Raman laser fingerprinting.
STAGE 04
Bonded Transit & Custody
ISPM-15 museum crating, armored GPS transit by Hasenkamp Fine Art, and white-glove installation or Geneva Freeport vault deposit.
Fabricated in this Atelier

Curated Masterworks on ARTSA (9)

Handcrafted under author's direct atelier supervision