To Cage: Hippo print

Printing — Stereohype's Fine Art Giclée Prints are printed on demand on super-elegant Hahnemühle German Etching Textured 310gsm. This is one of Hahnemühle's genuine artist papers, mould made, 100% acid free paper with an exceptionally smooth surface. This velvety heavyweight etching board has a fine surface texture. German Etching is one of the most popular media for artwork and photography. The paper is made of 100% cotton or pure alpha cellulose presenting a textured surface that allows high quality printing. Artworks are printed with archival inks – a ten colour ink set including orange and greens for vivid and long-lasting results.

Contributor feedback — (...) ‘I like the prints very much – the paper and print quality are really excellent. That whole project is so interesting – I'm amazed at the number and variety of the badges, and very impressed by the quality of presentation. I'm happy to have been able to take part in it!’ — Dan Fern

Button Badge Motif Print (STBBMP) — This carefully curated edition features designs from Stereohype's ever-growing one inch (25mm) button badge collection. The circular artworks are enlarged to seven inch (178mm) and printed on demand on a beautifully textured paper (portrait, 8 x 10" / 203 x 254mm). The print series already includes over 500 artworks and will further grow to be as rich and versatile as Stereohype's widely-acclaimed button badge collection. The badge collection already features over 1,700 artworks by over 600 established and emerging illustrators, graphic designers, typographers, photographers and artists from around the world. Some of Stereohype's button badge motifs are clearly better suited to be enlarged and featured on a print than others, but many hundreds of designs will make amazing print motifs. More prints are regularly added to this Stereohype range. Each print comes with the according button badge. We also have an optional custom frame for Button Badge Motif Prints (as seen in previews). This wooden high quality custom frame is built with a matt, white 'small alpha' frame made by our local London, Clerkenwell framer. Frames are also made on demand.

Special offer (while stock lasts) —  Get a fresh new and complimentary deluxe gift box, if you order a complete set of 3, 4, 7 or 12 Button Badge Motif Prints. Alternatively you can also buy an (empty) deluxe gift box to complete and enhance your existing STBBMP collection.

To Cage

‘The “To Cage” project evolved slowly and was driven by many influences. I had worked intensely in the studio for a period, building and shooting ambiguous spaces  populated with the merest hint of occupation. During a chance visit to a zoo I realised these spaces were already built for me! The pictures were informed by the amateur aesthetic of haphazard family “snaps” from zoo trips in the 1970s. Over time and I began to see the zoo in darker terms, as a theatrical stage where animals are placed, as if they were trophies. I wanted to convey this intense voyeuristic feeling.’ — Dominic Davies

Dominic's v23-designed book “To Cage” – a study of the European zoo environments – was published by Kruse Verlag.

Dominic Davies (b.1966 lives in UK ) moves between studio practice and observational photography, the nuisances and challenges of both informing the other. Experimental and collaborative in approach his images and methods were utilized in a long working relationship with Vaughan Oliver at 4AD and V23. He brings a precise and crafted vision to all his projects. He is driven by the fascination with exploring and realizing his ideas photographically. His work has been commissioned across the fields of design, music, publishing, museums and advertising. He has exhibited in Europe, USA and Japan and his book ‘To Cage’ a study of the European zoo environments was published by Kruse Verlag.

External links: dominicdavies.com / @dominicdaviesphoto

Created by: Dominic Davies / v23

Button Badge Motif Print (STBBMP) — This carefully curated edition features designs from Stereohype's ever-growing one inch (25mm) button badge collection. The circular artworks are enlarged to seven inch (178mm) and printed on demand on a beautifully textured paper (portrait, 8 x 10" / 203 x 254mm). The print series already includes over 500 artworks and will further grow to be as rich and versatile as Stereohype's widely-acclaimed button badge collection. The badge collection already features over 1,700 artworks by over 600 established and emerging illustrators, graphic designers, typographers, photographers and artists from around the world. Some of Stereohype's button badge motifs are clearly better suited to be enlarged and featured on a print than others, but many hundreds of designs will make amazing print motifs. More prints are regularly added to this Stereohype range. Each print comes with the according button badge. We also have an optional custom frame for Button Badge Motif Prints (as seen in previews). This wooden high quality custom frame is built with a matt, white 'small alpha' frame made by our local London, Clerkenwell framer. Frames are also made on demand.

Special offer (while stock lasts) —  Get a fresh new and complimentary deluxe gift box, if you order a complete set of 3, 4, 7 or 12 Button Badge Motif Prints. Alternatively you can also buy an (empty) deluxe gift box to complete and enhance your existing STBBMP collection.

Contributor feedback — (...) ‘I like the prints very much – the paper and print quality are really excellent. That whole project is so interesting – I'm amazed at the number and variety of the badges, and very impressed by the quality of presentation. I'm happy to have been able to take part in it!’ — Dan Fern

Printing — Stereohype's Fine Art Giclée Prints are printed on demand on super-elegant Hahnemühle German Etching Textured 310gsm. This is one of Hahnemühle's genuine artist papers, mould made, 100% acid free paper with an exceptionally smooth surface. This velvety heavyweight etching board has a fine surface texture. German Etching is one of the most popular media for artwork and photography. The paper is made of 100% cotton or pure alpha cellulose presenting a textured surface that allows high quality printing. Artworks are printed with archival inks – a ten colour ink set including orange and greens for vivid and long-lasting results.