Forever Pizza Party

Forever Pizza Party https://foreverpizzaparty.com Forever Pizza Party Thu, 24 Sep 2020 19:13:36 +0000 https://foreverpizzaparty.com en Purchase https://foreverpizzaparty.com/Purchase-1 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 19:13:36 +0000 Forever Pizza Party https://foreverpizzaparty.com/Purchase-1 <img width="1616" height="1080" width_o="1616" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12b2a7be18d22e83ee864af3aef0ac4746690442b30d65a73505a2a719478a8e/FP_hand_1616.png" data-mid="83692763" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12b2a7be18d22e83ee864af3aef0ac4746690442b30d65a73505a2a719478a8e/FP_hand_1616.png" /><img width="1125" height="1386" width_o="1125" height_o="1386" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48c3fff06176e0d9e52d24cf4e9df1592ca37321de68dd247e9cb61fc47cec0b/IMG_3510.jpg" data-mid="83693767" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48c3fff06176e0d9e52d24cf4e9df1592ca37321de68dd247e9cb61fc47cec0b/IMG_3510.jpg" /> Been a minute https://foreverpizzaparty.com/Been-a-minute Tue, 06 Nov 2018 07:40:04 +0000 Forever Pizza Party https://foreverpizzaparty.com/Been-a-minute I know, it’s been a minute/forever. When I put a slice of pizza in resin for an art show years ago, I never thought I’d end up making it again, in any capacity. But plans change, everyone loves pizza, and I have a tendency to make very difficult-to-produce objects. (apparently that’s what “art” is) So I took some time to do it right. For me, for the pizza, for you, for humankind; for the love of it all. image break https://foreverpizzaparty.com/image-break Thu, 22 Nov 2018 17:45:12 +0000 Forever Pizza Party https://foreverpizzaparty.com/image-break <img width="1616" height="1080" width_o="1616" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2466391da94f7aa1a7fdf35884712e40c500b3f5131edaa9d35e1c7880c9e47f/LRG_DSC08195.JPG" data-mid="29087525" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2466391da94f7aa1a7fdf35884712e40c500b3f5131edaa9d35e1c7880c9e47f/LRG_DSC08195.JPG" /> A Brief Introduction https://foreverpizzaparty.com/A-Brief-Introduction Tue, 06 Nov 2018 07:40:04 +0000 Forever Pizza Party https://foreverpizzaparty.com/A-Brief-Introduction Forever Pizza® is a real thing and you can buy it.But you can’t eat it. Ever. Please don’t try. Not the point. 100% pizza 100% forever 4.25 x 2.75 x 1.25” of pure magic Wait, but like what is it?  It’s real pizza[encapsulated in acrylic] forever. The pizza is from my family’s pizzeria, Pizza By Alex in Biddeford, Maine. My dad cooked the pizza.  Each Forever Slice is unique, just like you. And no, you cannot eat it. EVER. (again, just like you!) Fun fact: pizza is not naturally found in acrylic. When you embed organic matter in a plastic, it often reacts in unpredictable ways. That’s part of why it’s taken so long to perfect this- I wanted to give this prototype 2 YEARS to see if/how it would change... It hasn’t.So we’re goooood. When acrylic cures, it basically “cooks” the pizza again. This mostly darkens the cheese and toppings. I’ve tested dozens of ways to avoid this, but at the end of the day, it’s REAL PIZZA and authenticity matters. This is my art, so like, I get to make that call. And I’m calling for real, made with human hands and hearts, PIZZA.  I’m not interested in making fake pizza and Forever-izing it. Part of what makes this interesting is that it IS real food. It’s more convincing because it looks a bit dry and old... IT IS!!! I mean, yo, it’s called “Forever Pizza.” Not “super-fresh pizza.” You eat that. You keep this. Both experiences are wonderful and joyful but for different reasons. But for real, I did so many weird tests. I consulted chemists, made my own fatless cheese, messed with bleaching agents, and even dyed the sauce and painted the surface to try and get it to look more “appetizing.” None of it worked. In fact, the harder I tried to mask the effects the worse it looked. PLUS, every time you add a step in production, you add costs. This project is already difficult/expensive/ridiculous enough without putting make up on a slice of pizza. Then there’s the historical factor: if you change the ingredients for aesthetics, it’s not an authentic piece of history/pizza. Also, who prefers fake anything??  All this is to say it is what it is: real pizza preserved for eternity, culture, community, art, memory, history, and love. This is Forever Pizza. Yours in (eternal) pizza, Steph Forever Pizza https://foreverpizzaparty.com/Forever-Pizza-2 Fri, 23 Nov 2018 17:14:22 +0000 Forever Pizza Party https://foreverpizzaparty.com/Forever-Pizza-2 the belovedForever Pizza® The one and only. 100% real pizza 100% forever 4.25 x 2.75 x 1.25” of magic What started out as a submission to an art show about hypothetical weapons (it was a “throwing slice” before a Forever Slice®) has become the single most connective thing I’ve ever created. FP Snapbacks https://foreverpizzaparty.com/FP-Snapbacks-1 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 22:46:02 +0000 Forever Pizza Party https://foreverpizzaparty.com/FP-Snapbacks-1 Forever PizzaSnapbacks Fresh and fine, a few of these styles pay homage to my “hometown” teams.  Forever Pizza Snapbacks Yupoong 5 panel hat 80% acrylic 20% wool Adjustable I love pizza, I love hats, so this was inevitable. Plus, the logo is fire if I do say so myself. Foreveroni https://foreverpizzaparty.com/Foreveroni Wed, 07 Nov 2018 01:43:48 +0000 Forever Pizza Party https://foreverpizzaparty.com/Foreveroni tenderoni you’ve got to beForeveroni It’s a pepperoni, it’s a pendant; it’s a Foreveroni. 1” roni 28” chain Solid Brass, brass chain NOT real pepperoni! It was molded from one though. It’s for your neck. Kinda looks like a moon. You could say it’s “abstract art.” This is the result of a self-imposed challenge to take the concept of Forever Pizza and make jewelry without just putting a block of acrylic on a chain.  Toppings T-Shirt https://foreverpizzaparty.com/Toppings-T-Shirt Thu, 22 Nov 2018 06:41:40 +0000 Forever Pizza Party https://foreverpizzaparty.com/Toppings-T-Shirt &PizzaToppings T-Shirt You’ve all seen some version of this design. But none of them have been this tasty. Until now. 100% medium-weight cotton White text on black shirt I made this shirt back in 2014 to mark the time I designed the exhibition for the world’s largest collection of pizza boxes for for one of my favorite humans, Scott Wiener. The tiny "MW" on the lower right pays homage to our work and friendship: the "M" on the shirt stands for "Mantis," and the "W" stands for "Wiener."  Slice Out Hunger https://foreverpizzaparty.com/Slice-Out-Hunger Tue, 07 Apr 2020 04:25:24 +0000 Forever Pizza Party https://foreverpizzaparty.com/Slice-Out-Hunger <img width="1015" height="528" width_o="1015" height_o="528" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c17632646a7dfdd38ee8af26f166a5a070381639c2ff7ba08e3f53b7f5ed7b0/Screen-Shot-2020-04-07-at-12.37.05-AM.png" data-mid="65984541" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c17632646a7dfdd38ee8af26f166a5a070381639c2ff7ba08e3f53b7f5ed7b0/Screen-Shot-2020-04-07-at-12.37.05-AM.png" /> My friends at Slice Out Hunger, Pizza to the Polls, and Slice have built out an incredible campaign known as Pizza vs. Pandemic, to help support frontline healthcare workers and small businesses (our beloved pizzerias) across the U.S. with gifts of pizza. To learn more about Pizza vs. Pandemic CLICK HERE Who did this? https://foreverpizzaparty.com/Who-did-this Tue, 06 Nov 2018 07:40:04 +0000 Forever Pizza Party https://foreverpizzaparty.com/Who-did-this <img width="3384" height="3384" width_o="3384" height_o="3384" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f0a5fcce1ec72b8d6c21271017f0115770b537356d67c9ace21d9b059013717/FP_History0009_small.jpg" data-mid="29060322" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0f0a5fcce1ec72b8d6c21271017f0115770b537356d67c9ace21d9b059013717/FP_History0009_small.jpg" /> Forever Pizza®is a project by Steph Mantis and is what happens when you grow up in a pizzeria and then go to art school. Mantis’s other work includes Animal Butt Magnets for Kikkerland Design, among other things.  Steph currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Her most recent body of work features photographs and video of the natural world captured through high definition cameras and microscopes. (more on that later) <img width="514" height="515" width_o="514" height_o="515" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e15a724b3d146268c85637d48ea150a71e355371fa783a9ba7e2f88847f04a1a/smportraitBW_square.jpg" data-mid="27848511" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/514/i/e15a724b3d146268c85637d48ea150a71e355371fa783a9ba7e2f88847f04a1a/smportraitBW_square.jpg" /> In short, a human being, making, thinking, reframing, sharing, and loving with high hopes of inspiring the same in others.  ︎