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| Enter the number 'A00B00...' of the ARTtrust BubbleTag. The BubbleTag is silver behind the reproduction, gold on the certificate of authenticity, and blue on the artist's file. On the authentication page, you can compare the constellation of bubbles of your tag with its image there. |
Register here and get your first package of ARTtrust tags.
See the benefits ARTtrust brings to its customers to ensure a simple self-certification system for artworks.
A unique, new technology: The tangible part of the solution is a set of BubbleTag™. Produced by the Prooftag™ company, each BubbleTag is composed of a translucent polymer in which a set of air bubbles is randomly self-generated.
This "bubble constellation" is the core of the identity of the pigment print. Each ARTtrust Online-branded BubbleTag™ has a unique personal number with a datamatrix code and is recorded on a database before leaving the Prooftag company. Once affixed to any surface, the tag cannot be removed without visually altering its metallic film layer. The BubbleTag has been adopted by various industries and administrations when there is need for a proof of authenticity or when the risk of forgery or counterfeit is significant: High-value wines (Château Canon la Gaffelière), watches (Parmigiani), beauty products (Dr Sebagh Cosmetics), Gaming (Française des Jeux), French National Space Agency (CNES), Customs (Burkina Faso), and other governmental entities (Ivory Coast, Benin…)
THE WEBSITE
The website's primary function is to enable registered photographers and artists (or their delegates under their sole responsibility) to activate the ARTtrust Tag, which enables traceability. The website also displays an image of each ARTtrust Tag that can be consulted for visual verification. Finally, the site hosts photographers and artists and pigment print information presented in a gallery format for communication and promotion.
PIGMENT PRINT IDENTIFICATION
The pigment print is identified by using a "Tag Set": Each pigment print carries a primary ARTtrust Tag affixed by the photographer/artist himself or herself or by his external service provider/lab. A second ARTtrust Tag is placed on a certificate of authenticity (or other documentation) that goes along with the pigment print, and a third ARTtrust Tag goes on a copy of the certificate or document retained by the photographer/artist for his or her personal files. These three ARTtrust Tags, constituting the Tag Set, are synchronized in the database before leaving the Prooftag company. Each ARTtrust Tag has a different color (silver for print, gold for certificate, blue for file).
Detail showing BubbleTag security
There is no technical way to reproduce this tridimensional code as it is impossible to generate empty spaces with shapes, sizes and positions identically inside the material.
Other traditional security devices are produced massively and therefore can be reproduced massively. Only technologies that forbid their own manufacturers to reproduce identical products offer the security of an efficient protection against forgery or counterfeit.
There is no technical way to reproduce this tridimensional code as it is impossible to generate empty spaces with shapes, sizes and positions identically inside the material.
Other traditional security devices are produced massively and therefore can be reproduced massively. Only technologies that forbid their own manufacturers to reproduce identical products offer the security of an efficient protection against forgery or counterfeit.