TERMS OF USE
Effective Date: August 2026 | Last Updated: August 2026
1. OVERVIEW
Welcome to Ephemera Works.
These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of www.ephemeraworks.com (the “Website”),including its portfolio, galleries, About page, Contact page, written content, images, artwork, photography, graphics, videos, and other features made available through the Website.
The Website is operated by 7000 Island Design, doing business as EphemeraWorks (“Ephemera Works,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), based in Houston, Texas, United States.
The Website primarily serves as the official online portfolio and informational website of Ephemera Works.It may also contain links directing visitors to products, social-media accounts, third-party services, and the Ephemera Works online store located at shop.ephemeraworks.com.
By accessing or using the Website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use the Website.
These Terms apply to the Website itself. Purchases made through shop.ephemeraworks.com are also subject to the terms, policies, checkout disclosures, and other conditions presented through the Fourthwall-powered storefront, as described below.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any right or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under applicable law.
2. WEBSITE PURPOSE
The Website is provided primarily to:
• Display the creative portfolio and work of Ephemera Works;
• Provide information about Ephemera Works and its creative practice;
• Allow visitors to contact Ephemera Works;
• Provide links to social-media profiles and other online platforms;
• Direct visitors to the Ephemera Works online store; and
• Provide related informational, promotional, artistic, and editorial content.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, content displayed in the Website portfolio or galleries is provided for viewing and informational purposes only.
The appearance of a work on the Website does not necessarily mean that the work is available for purchase, licensing, reproduction, commission, or commercial use.
3. EPHEMERA WORKS ONLINE STORE
Ephemera Works maintains a separate online storefront accessible at:
shop.ephemeraworks.com
The storefront is powered and operated through Fourthwall.
The Website may contain links, buttons, product previews, promotional material, or other features that direct you to the Fourthwall-powered storefront. Following such a link may take you from the independently operated Ephemera Works Website to services provided through Fourthwall.
For products offered for sale through the Fourthwall storefront, Fourthwall acts as the seller or merchant of record as provided under Fourthwall’s applicable terms and policies. Fourthwall may provide or coordinate services including checkout, payment processing, applicable tax collection and remittance, order processing, production, fulfillment, shipping, and customer-support functions.
Ephemera Works creates, selects, licenses, markets, or otherwise makes available the artwork and designs associated with products offered through the storefront, but the technical operation of the Fourthwall storefront and transactions processed through it are subject to Fourthwall’s applicable terms, policies, and checkout disclosures.
Before completing a purchase, you should review all terms, product information, pricing, shipping information, return or refund information, and other disclosures presented through the storefront.
If there is a conflict between these Website Terms and a Fourthwall term specifically governing a product purchase, payment, fulfillment, shipping, return, refund, or other storefront transaction, the applicable storefront or Fourthwall transaction terms will govern that transaction to the extent of the conflict.
Nothing in these Terms expands or limits Fourthwall’s obligations under its own terms or applicable law.
4. NO PURCHASE REQUIRED TO USE THE WEBSITE
You are not required to make a purchase to view the Website, portfolio, About page, or other generally available Website content.
Visiting the Website does not create a customer relationship, agency relationship, partnership, joint venture, employment relationship, fiduciary relationship, or other special relationship between you and Ephemera Works.
A purchase relationship may arise separately when you complete a transaction through the Fourthwall-powered storefront according to the terms governing that transaction.
5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Unless otherwise indicated, the Website and its original content—including artwork, illustrations, photography, graphics, videos, animations, written copy, layouts, visual presentation, logos, branding, and other creative material—are owned by Ephemera Works or used by Ephemera Works with permission, authorization, license, or another lawful basis.
The Website may also contain third-party materials, licensed materials, collaborative works, commissioned works, trademarks, photographs, references, or other content in which rights are owned in whole or in partby third parties.
Nothing on the Website should be interpreted as transferring ownership of any copyright, trademark,design right, publicity right, or other intellectual-property right to you.
Subject to these Terms, Ephemera Works grants you a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocableright to access and view the Website for lawful personal and informational purposes.
Except where permitted by applicable law or authorized in writing by the applicable rights holder, you may not:
• Reproduce, republish, distribute, or commercially exploit Website content;
• Sell or offer reproductions of artwork displayed on the Website;
• Create merchandise incorporating Website artwork or designs;
• Copy Website images for commercial use;
• Modify or create unauthorized derivative works from Website content;
• Remove copyright, trademark, attribution, signature, watermark, or ownership notices;
• Present Ephemera Works content as your own;
• Use Website content in advertising, branding, packaging, merchandise, or promotional material;
• Systematically download or archive Website content for unauthorized purposes; or
• Grant another person rights in Website content that you do not possess.
All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Ephemera Works and the applicable third-party rights holders.
6. LICENSED AND THIRD-PARTY CONTENT
Certain works or materials appearing on the Website may incorporate or consist of content owned orlicensed by third parties.
Copyrights, trademarks, trade names, logos, photographs, artwork, and other intellectual property belonging to third parties remain the property of their respective owners.
The appearance of third-party content on the Website does not automatically mean that Ephemera Worksowns that content, nor does it give Website visitors permission to reproduce or commercially use it.
Where applicable, third-party content may be displayed pursuant to a license, permission, contractualarrangement, applicable limitation or exception under copyright law, or another lawful basis.
Any third-party trademarks or brand names appearing in portfolio work are used for identification,attribution, documentation, commentary, artistic presentation, or another applicable purpose and do notnecessarily indicate sponsorship, endorsement, or affiliation.
7. PORTFOLIO AND PROJECT CONTENT
The Website may display:
• Personal artwork;
• Commercial design work;
• Photography;
• Video work;
• Illustration;
• Experimental projects;
• Editorial work;
• Client work;
• Collaborative projects;
•Archived work;
• Concept work; and
• Other creative material.
Portfolio content is provided to demonstrate the creative work, experience, style, and practice of EphemeraWorks.
The inclusion of client or collaborative work does not necessarily mean that Ephemera Works owns every element, trademark, photograph, typeface, logo, product, or other asset depicted in that work.
All rights belonging to clients, collaborators, licensors, photographers, artists, businesses, brands, or other third parties remain with their respective owners.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, displaying a project does not constitute an offer to license, sell,reproduce, or transfer that project or its underlying intellectual-property rights.
8. PERSONAL USE OF WEBSITE CONTENT
You may view the Website and share ordinary links to publicly available Website pages for personal, noncommercial purposes.
You may not reproduce Website artwork or other protected content merely because it can be viewed, downloaded through a browser, captured in a screenshot, or otherwise technically accessed.
Technical accessibility does not constitute permission to reproduce or commercially exploit content.
If you would like to request permission to reproduce, publish, license, feature, or otherwise use EphemeraWorks content, please contact: ephemeraworks@outlook.com
Permission must be granted in writing unless applicable law independently permits the intended use.
9. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, DATASETS, AND AUTOMATED EXTRACTION
Except where permitted by applicable law or expressly authorized by Ephemera Works in writing, Website content may not be systematically copied, scraped, harvested, extracted, compiled, or downloaded for the purpose of:
• Training an artificial-intelligence or machine-learning system;
• Fine-tuning an artificial-intelligence model;
• Creating or expanding an image, text, design, or multimedia dataset;
• Developing generative artificial-intelligence products or services;
• Creating unauthorized derivative datasets or archives; or
• Commercial data mining.
This provision does not prohibit ordinary search-engine indexing or other activity that Ephemera Works expressly permits through Website configuration, applicable technical standards, or written authorization.
10. TRADEMARKS AND BRANDING
The name Ephemera Works, associated logos, trade dress, graphic identifiers, and other brand elements may be protected by trademark, copyright, unfair-competition, or other applicable laws.
You may not use Ephemera Works branding in a manner that:
• Falsely suggests sponsorship, approval, affiliation, or endorsement;
• Causes confusion regarding the source of goods or services;
• Impersonates Ephemera Works;
• Misrepresents a relationship with Ephemera Works; or
• Otherwise violates applicable law.
Nothing in these Terms grants a license to use Ephemera Works branding for commercial purposes.
11. CONTACT FORM
The Website provides a contact form that may allow you to submit information including:
• First name;
• Last name;
• Email address;
• Business or company name, if voluntarily provided; and
• A message.
Information submitted through the contact form will be used primarily to receive, review, and respond to your inquiry.
Submitting a contact form does not guarantee that Ephemera Works will respond, accept a project, enterinto a business relationship, provide services, or take any requested action.
You agree not to use the contact form to transmit:
• Unlawful material;
• Malware or malicious code;
• Spam or bulk solicitations;
• Threatening or harassing communications;
• Fraudulent information;
• Content that unlawfully infringes another person’s rights; or
• Sensitive personal information that is unnecessary for the inquiry.
Additional information about the collection and handling of contact-form information is provided in ourPrivacy Policy.
12. UNSOLICITED CREATIVE SUBMISSIONS
Unless Ephemera Works has expressly agreed otherwise in writing, please do not submit confidential creative concepts, original artwork, business proposals, product ideas, advertising concepts, manuscripts, or other proprietary material through the general contact form.
Submitting unsolicited material through the Website does not create a confidential, fiduciary, employment, agency, partnership, or compensation relationship.
This provision does not transfer ownership of material that you lawfully own. It is intended to prevent misunderstandings regarding unsolicited ideas or materials submitted without a prior written agreement.
13. THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND SERVICES
The Website may contain links to websites, social-media platforms, storefronts, applications, services, or content operated by third parties.
These may include Fourthwall, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, and other platforms.
Third-party services are not controlled by Ephemera Works. Your use of those services may be governed by separate terms, privacy policies, cookie practices, and other rules established by the applicable provider.
The inclusion of a third-party link does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of every product, statement, policy, or activity associated with that third party.
To the extent permitted by law, Ephemera Works is not responsible for the independent content, availability, security practices, privacy practices, or conduct of third-party websites and services.
14. SOCIAL MEDIA
Ephemera Works may maintain accounts or publish content through third-party social-media platforms.
Content displayed through those platforms may be subject both to Ephemera Works’ intellectual-property rights and to the applicable platform’s terms.
Interaction with an Ephemera Works social-media account does not create a contractual, professional, employment, agency, or fiduciary relationship with Ephemera Works.
Social-media platforms are independently operated and may change, remove, limit, or display content according to their own rules.
15. PROHIBITED USES
You may not use the Website to:
• Violate applicable law;
• Commit or facilitate fraud;
• Infringe intellectual-property, privacy, publicity, or other legal rights;
• Attempt unauthorized access to Website systems or accounts;
• Introduce malware, viruses, or malicious code;
• Interfere with Website security or normal operation;
• Circumvent access restrictions or security controls;
• Impersonate Ephemera Works or another person;
• Submit knowingly false or deceptive information;
• Harass, threaten, or abuse another person;
• Conduct unauthorized systematic scraping or extraction;
• Use protected Website content for unauthorized commercial purposes; or
• Encourage another person to engage in prohibited conduct.
We may restrict or block access where reasonably necessary to protect the Website, Ephemera Works, other users, intellectual property, or legal rights.
16. WEBSITE AVAILABILITY
We make reasonable efforts to maintain the Website but do not guarantee that it will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, or free from technical errors.
The Website may occasionally become unavailable because of:
• Hosting outages;
• Maintenance;
• Software or plugin problems;
• Security incidents;
• Network failures;
• Third-party service interruptions;
• Updates; or
• Circumstances outside our reasonable control.
We may modify, suspend, reorganize, or discontinue portions of the Website without notice where reasonably necessary.
17. WEBSITE INFORMATION AND ACCURACY
We make reasonable efforts to provide accurate Website information but do not guarantee that every piece of portfolio, biographical, historical, descriptive, technical, or other informational content will always be complete, current, or error-free.
We may correct errors, update information, modify portfolio descriptions, remove content, or revise Website materials at any time.
This provision does not permit Ephemera Works or Fourthwall to disregard representations or legal obligations associated with a completed product transaction.
Product-specific information appearing on the Fourthwall storefront should be reviewed through the applicable product listing and checkout before purchase.
18. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE WEBSITE AND ITS GENERAL INFORMATIONAL AND PORTFOLIO CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS.
EPHEMERA WORKS DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT:
• THE WEBSITE WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE;
• EVERY WEBSITE FEATURE WILL OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION;
• ALL WEBSITE CONTENT WILL ALWAYS BE FREE FROM ERRORS;
• THE WEBSITE WILL OPERATE IDENTICALLY ON EVERY DEVICE OR BROWSER;
• THIRD-PARTY LINKS OR SERVICES WILL ALWAYS REMAIN AVAILABLE; OR
• THE WEBSITE WILL BE COMPLETELY FREE FROM EVERY POSSIBLE HARMFUL COMPONENT DESPITE REASONABLE SECURITY MEASURES.
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EPHEMERA WORKS DISCLAIMS IMPLIED WARRANTIES RELATING TOTHE GENERAL USE OF THE WEBSITE.
NOTHING IN THIS SECTION EXCLUDES A WARRANTY, GUARANTEE, REPRESENTATION, DUTY, OR CONSUMER RIGHT THAT CANNOT LAWFULLY BE EXCLUDED.
19. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EPHEMERA WORKS AND ITS OWNER,EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING SOLELY FROM YOUR ACCESS TOOR USE OF THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOST BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, OR LOST DATA.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EPHEMERA WORKS’ TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING SOLELY FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (US $100).
THIS LIMITATION DOES NOT APPLY TO LIABILITY THAT CANNOT LAWFULLY BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED,INCLUDING LIABILITY ARISING FROM FRAUD, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, OR OTHER MATTERS FOR WHICH APPLICABLE LAW PROHIBITS LIMITATION.
This section governs liability relating to the independently operated Website. Liability concerning transactions conducted through the Fourthwall storefront may also be governed by the terms applicable to those transactions.
20. COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL-PROPERTY CONCERNS
Ephemera Works respects intellectual-property rights.
If you believe content appearing on the Website violates intellectual-property rights that you own or are authorized to enforce, please contact:
Email: ephemeraworks@outlook.com
Subject: Intellectual Property Notice
Please provide sufficient information for us to identify and evaluate the material, including:
• Identification of the protected work or right;
• Identification of the material at issue;
• The location of the material on the Website;
• Your name and contact information;
• An explanation of your rights in the material; and
• A description of the action you are requesting.
We may request additional information reasonably necessary to investigate the matter.
Because the Website does not currently provide public user-upload or user-posting functionality, this section is intended as a general intellectual-property contact procedure and is not represented as a formalDMCA notice-and-takedown system.
21. PRIVACY
Our collection and use of personal information through the Website are described in the Ephemera WorksPrivacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference where appropriate.
The Privacy Policy governs matters including information submitted through the contact form and information automatically processed in connection with Website operation.
The Fourthwall storefront is also subject to privacy practices and disclosures applicable to Fourthwall and the Ephemera Works storefront.
You should review the privacy information presented through the storefront when interacting with or purchasing through it.
22. CHILDREN
The Website is intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed toward children under 13years of age.
Ephemera Works does not knowingly solicit personal information from children under 13 through theWebsite.
If you believe a child has submitted personal information through the Website without appropriate authorization, please contact us at ephemeraworks@outlook.com.
23. CHANGES TO THE WEBSITE
Ephemera Works may change:
• Website design;
• Portfolio content;
• Navigation;
• Available pages;
• Features;
• Links;
• Contact methods; or
• Other Website functionality
at any time.
We are not required to maintain any particular portfolio project, image, page, or feature indefinitely.
Changes affecting purchases made through the Fourthwall storefront will remain subject to the applicable transaction terms and consumer laws.
24. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS
We may revise these Terms from time to time to reflect changes in the Website, our business practices, third-party services, or applicable law.
The current version will display an updated “Last Updated” date.
Material changes may also be communicated through the Website or another reasonable method where appropriate or required by law.
Changes will generally apply prospectively from their effective date.
Your continued use of the Website after revised Terms become effective constitutes acceptance only to theextent that such a method of acceptance is legally valid.
25. GOVERNING LAW
Except where mandatory law provides otherwise, these Terms and your use of the Website are governed bythe laws of the State of Texas and applicable federal laws of the United States, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Nothing in these Terms deprives a consumer or Website visitor of a mandatory right or protection thatcannot lawfully be waived under the law applicable to that person.
26. INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Before filing a lawsuit arising specifically from these Terms or use of the Website, you and Ephemera Works agree to make a reasonable good-faith effort to resolve the dispute informally.
A written notice may be sent to:
Ephemera Works
Email: ephemeraworks@outlook.com
Subject: Notice of Dispute
The notice should reasonably describe:
• The person submitting the dispute;
• The circumstances giving rise to the dispute;
• The requested resolution; and
• Any supporting information reasonably necessary to understand the matter.
The parties will have 30 days after receipt of the notice to attempt an informal resolution unless they mutually agree in writing to extend that period.
This requirement does not prevent either party from acting sooner where necessary to preserve a legal deadline, seek emergency relief, pursue an eligible small-claims matter, contact a regulator, or exercise a legal right that cannot be restricted.
27. COURTS AND VENUE
Except where mandatory law permits or requires another forum, legal proceedings arising specifically fromthese Terms or use of the Website may be brought in a state court located in Harris County, Texas, or aUnited States federal court having jurisdiction over Harris County, Texas.
Each party consents to the jurisdiction of those courts to the extent legally permitted.
This section does not govern a dispute that is required to be handled differently under terms applicable to a Fourthwall storefront transaction.
28. NO MANDATORY ARBITRATION OR CLASS-ACTION WAIVER
These Website Terms do not presently require mandatory arbitration, waive the right to a jury trial, orimpose a class-action waiver.
Ephemera Works may revise its dispute-resolution provisions in the future, subject to applicable notice, contract-formation, and consumer-protection requirements.
Any future material change will not be applied retroactively where doing so would be unlawful or unenforceable.
29. SEVERABILITY
If any provision of these Terms is determined to be unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable, that provision will been forced to the maximum lawful extent or severed to the minimum extent necessary.
The remaining provisions will remain in effect.
30. NO WAIVER
If Ephemera Works does not enforce a provision of these Terms in a particular situation, that does not meanthe provision has been permanently waived.
A waiver is effective only to the extent expressly made by the party granting it.
31. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any other Website policies expressly incorporated intothem, constitute the agreement between you and Ephemera Works concerning your use of www.ephemeraworks.com.
They do not replace separate terms governing purchases, payments, fulfillment, refunds, shipping, or othertransactions conducted through the Fourthwall storefront.
32. CONTACT INFORMATION
Questions concerning these Terms or the Ephemera Works Website may be directed to:
Ephemera WorksWebsite: www.ephemeraworks.com
Email: ephemeraworks@outlook.com
Location: Houston, Texas, United States
For questions relating to an order placed through shop.ephemeraworks.com, please use the order-support or contact methods presented through the Fourthwall storefront or your applicable order confirmation.
33. OPERATOR INFORMATION
The Website is operated by:
Legal Name: 7000 Island Design
Trade Name: Ephemera Works
Principal Business Location: Houston, Texas, United States
General Contact: ephemeraworks@outlook.com
Website: www.ephemeraworks.com
The online store available at shop.ephemeraworks.com is powered through Fourthwall and is subject to the additional terms and policies applicable to that storefront and its transactions.