00:00 Various Filipino artists are coming together to show off their take on toy designer Creon Chicken's famous chicken character, Dumpling.
00:09 We learn about the upcoming Chicken and Dumplings costume show from Creon Chicken here on the studio.
00:15 Thanks for joining us.
00:18 Thanks for inviting me.
00:20 You have here some cute stuff here.
00:23 So who are some of the hottest artists and toy designers in your lineup?
00:28 We have Quix, the famous Filipino designer.
00:36 We have Jed Madella.
00:39 We also have Michael V. joining us for his very first costume show.
00:46 Could you show us which one?
00:47 This one.
00:48 So that's...
00:49 This one is called Dress To Kill.
00:52 Okay.
00:53 So this one is from Michael V. Bitoy.
00:55 Okay.
00:59 There's a slight semblance.
01:00 And then the others?
01:02 This one is from Armand Kendrick from Bulacan.
01:06 This one is from Red Sun.
01:08 And this one is from Windville.
01:11 This one is the original dumpling piece that I made.
01:14 So they custom this from this original figure.
01:19 What made you come up with such a dumpling?
01:22 Why that name?
01:24 This specific character's origin was inspired by the lack of Japanese food.
01:33 When there was a pandemic, because we cannot go out, we cannot eat Japanese food.
01:40 So I just missed the food and then I thought, maybe I should draw something about dumpling.
01:47 So you like Japanese food.
01:49 You've been to Japan.
01:50 Yes.
01:51 So tell us which places and which ones actually inspired you.
01:54 Because there are lots of dumplings.
01:58 Yeah.
02:00 Basically, our favorite is the gyoza, the Japanese food.
02:07 So yeah, I just missed it and then I created this.
02:10 That explains why you have the samurai team.
02:13 If you could show that a bit tighter.
02:15 That's a samurai, right?
02:17 Yeah.
02:18 And there are lots of samurai families.
02:19 That one is inspired by which one?
02:21 This one is called the Shogun.
02:26 I think Shogun dumpling.
02:27 This one is made by Armand Kendrick, another toy designer from the Philippines.
02:33 How were you able to pull them all together?
02:36 Come up with such a group of artists promoting somehow your products?
02:42 So the toy community here in the Philippines is small.
02:46 So most of us are friends, close friends.
02:50 So this is my first time doing an all-Filipino costume show here in the Philippines.
02:57 So I just tried to invite them since we're friends.
03:01 I'm lucky that they agreed to do some.
03:04 So yeah, here they are.
03:06 Okay.
03:07 And these artists and toy designers will be creating reiterations of your dumpling designer's toy.
03:13 What does it feel like to have your toy transformed and depicted by so many artists?
03:19 It feels really great because when I started doing toys, I always joined for other artists' costume show.
03:30 So to see that my piece was transformed by other artists, it really blows my mind.
03:38 Because from this to this, I mean, it's really cool.
03:45 It makes me feel like a kid.
03:48 A kid. And how old are you, if I may ask?
03:50 I'm 32.
03:51 32. You don't look it.
03:53 Thank you.
03:54 But why chicken?
03:55 We're talking of dumpling.
03:57 So help me understand how do I reconcile the dumpling and the chicken.
04:02 So the chicken concept of my art came from my late dog.
04:11 I mean, when I started doing graffiti, the first day my dog died, same day, my dog's name was Chicken.
04:21 So yeah, I got really sad.
04:23 So I tried to dedicate all my art to my dog Chicken.
04:29 In memory of your pet chicken.
04:31 Yes.
04:32 Okay, you're also one of the artists at the highly popular ToyCon.
04:37 How is the demand for your toys?
04:40 It's okay. I think the Chicken Head brand is doing great.
04:46 We already did some shows abroad, New York.
04:52 We just came back from Singapore for Pop Toy Show.
04:56 So the Chicken brand is okay. It's getting great.
05:02 You've mentioned about how you started.
05:06 Can you tell us your journey, which ones are really the challenging part?
05:13 Because you said you came up with this during the pandemic, right?
05:18 And then you wanted, you missed so much the dumpling.
05:21 One of the struggles is staying in the path, I think, staying in the course.
05:34 Because right now, you can't, maybe for me, you cannot say that it's difficult to start
05:41 because you can search the internet for a lot of information.
05:48 So you can start doing anything you want, but staying in the path,
05:54 so that's the difficult part.
05:56 So you have to love what you do.
05:59 So you can stay on that no matter what happens, negative or positive.
06:03 Love what you do and all for the love of your pet chicken.
06:07 Yeah.
06:08 Okay, that's great. Thank you really for joining us tonight.
06:12 Thank you.
06:13 Toy designer and visual artist, Creon Chicken.
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