In short, a human being, making, thinking, reframing, sharing, and loving
with high hopes of inspiring the same in others.
Deeply interested in what connects us,
especially if it involves a sensory or emotional experience of food or human nature.
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Steph Mantis for B&H
profile & ad campaignMy bio-art and family’s pizzeria were recently featured in a customer story ad for B&H.
Released October of 2021
Print shop coming, subscribe below
“Bloom” for SAGA
Glass, brass, white ash.“Bloom” is a candy caddy for SAGA, a fine dining restaurant perched on the 63rd floor of 70 Pine Street, a landmark Art Deco tower in New York’s Financial District.
Saga opened in August of 2021.
Forever Pizza
Forever Pizza
Real pizza, lucite2012 - ongoing
Made with mini-slices from my family’s pizzeria, Pizza By Alex located in Biddeford, Maine.
100% real
100% forever
Originally conceived 2011 for AmDC’s show “Threat”
Product Design
Animal Butt Magnets
licensed and distributed by Kikkerland2011 - ongoing
Will sign butt(s) of your choice upon request.
Pack Rack: Artist Edition
Brass and reclaimed woodThis is tiny.
It’s made for keys and necklaces, not coats.
10” x 1/5” x 0.5”
Bio-art /
Photomicroscopy
(Digital photos taken through a microscope.)
The following images are composed of hundreds of individual images. Each “frame” is actually a stack of images compressed to make one image, and then that compressed image is stitched with other compressed images to make a singular composition.
The above images are licensed and distributed by VAST.
Steph & Dan’s Optical Massage
*click for optical pleasure*
Bio-Art Prints
miscellaneous glimpes of natureLook again, look closer; there is beauty in everything.
Print shop coming,
stay tuned or email me
“Wind Honey” by Peals.
Music VideoFloat through the cosmos inside a single drop of honey. Shot using a microscope, Wind Honey is a meditative, abstract journey through a golden, viscous universe.
Directed by: Steph Mantis & Bruce Willen
Microscope & Camera: Steph Mantis
Edited by: Bruce Willen
Released July 2020
WordPlay
physical + visual experiments with language
“Begin Again”
Solid brassDoorknob Show NYC Design Week May 2019
A door symbolizes new opportunities, a change of perspective; a chance to begin again. Through subtle use of text, the knob becomes a tool; aligning the body and mind as it enters a liminal space. In this balanced position, spiritual growth is possible. By carving this classic Trajan font derivative and aligning the last two letters of each word, we are reminded that to truly begin again, we must ultimately journey inward.
“Words of Reflection”
Culture of Contamination, SciArt Magazine Volume 43December 2020
CLIMATE CHANGING
The use of contrast in “CLIMATE CHANGING” shows that for there to be healthy climate change, we as individuals must change. With unprecedented challenges facing our external, physical world, it seems logical that we find ourselves further divided internally and ideologically; one extreme is countered by the other. Nature is perpetually balancing itself. To heal or balance our external outer world, we must also balance our internal emotional world. While “climate changing” in the external sense has a negative and anxious connotation, “climate changing” in the internal sense has a positive and relaxing connotation.
BELIEFS
Within our BELIEFS, there is always a lie. By believing in one thing, we inherently accept that what is not that, is a lie. This binary relationship limits and deceives us. It's not a matter of choice- each half needs each other to exist. In this piece, the "lie" is left blank, or as perceived in opposition to black, "white," to remind us that the lies within our beliefs often present themselves to us as innocent.
PRACTICE
“PRACTICE” is a reminder that if we don’t act, we ultimately pay the price. The message is within the word itself. As it relates to climate change and beliefs, if we don’t act now, we will pay the price later.
Prints available, drop a note.
INSECURITY
Embroidered knit beanieBecause no one that wears a “security” hat actually has it.
And because to work on our insecurities, it helps to externalize them.
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