The Rules of the House
A marketplace with one rule, written five ways.
Most marketplaces sell everything and stand for nothing. Artaver exists because art made by a person's hands deserves its own room — away from mass prints, drop-shipped decor, and machine-generated images.
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Every work is made by hand.
Paintings and drawings. Hand-drawn digital art. Sculpture and ceramics. Sewn, crocheted, knitted, and embroidered work. If a person didn't make it, it doesn't belong here.
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No reproductions.
No prints, posters, giclées, or open editions. What you buy is the work itself — the canvas that was painted, the file that was drawn, the vase that was thrown.
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No AI-generated work. Ever.
Digital art is welcome when it's drawn stroke by stroke by a human hand. Sellers attest to this on every digital listing. Generated images are removed and repeat offenders lose their studio.
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You buy directly from the artist.
Every studio is run by the person who makes the work. They price it, pack it, sign it, and ship it. Artaver takes a small fee to keep the lights on; the rest goes to the maker.
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Break the rules, lose the studio.
Listings that violate these rules are taken down. Studios that keep violating them are suspended. This is what keeps the catalogue worth browsing.