nanoblock Tonkatsu! =D ... This is one of my favorite Japanese food ... Hehehe ... During my recent Tokyo Trip, I ate at Katsukura, loved it! Also wanted to try Butagumi but didn’t have enough time ... Haha ...
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Thursday, 9 November 2017
Monday, 15 February 2016
PRESS RELEASE - Launch of My Japanese Food Series nanoblock
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Malaysian Nano Brick Artist Makes It Big
Feb 15, 2016
Internationally renowned award-winning Malaysian nano brick artist Christopher Tan releases his own designs as official nanoblock sets in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. In this first ever collaboration between an independent artist outside Japan with Kawada, the makers of nanoblock, Chris brings us a series of four nanoblock Japanese Food items - Sushi, Bento, Ramen and Temaki.
Only 3,024 of each item is being released, making them highly sought after limited release collectibles for nanoblock fans worldwide. They are available now in Malaysia at Kinokuniya, Aeon, Toys R Us, Hamleys, Popular, Isetan and other stockists, and retail at RM39.90 each.
Chris has been a full-time nano brick artist for over two years now, having started building with nanoblock over five years ago as a hobby. “It is like a dream come true to be able to finally have my own creations released commercially as official nanoblock sets" says Christopher, obviously overjoyed.
Over the years, Chris has grown a huge fan base of over 51,000 fans worldwide on Facebook (facebook.com/christan) and many more on other popular social media channels.
He has been involved in various international collaborations, most recently with Hong Kong film director Pang Ho-Cheung to create a limited edition Christmas gift. Last year, Chris had a successful art exhibition in Liang Court mall in Singapore and two art exhibitions in Malaysia in conjunction with AniManGaki 2015 and C2AGE 2015. In 2014, he had an exhibition in East Point City in Hong Kong during the World Cup season where he was involved with the design and construction of the largest nanoblock creation in the world, using over 250,000 bricks.
You can find out more at http://www.christan.design
About nanoblock
nanoblock is an extremely micro-sized building block by Kawada, Japan. The smallest part is a mere 4x4x5mm in size. More information at: http://www.diablock.co.jp/nanoblock
Contact:
Christopher Tan
Email: chris@christan.design
Download profile, soft copy & photos from: https://goo.gl/OJ0ZqG
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Wednesday, 3 February 2016
My nanoblock Japanese Food Series is here!
It's here! =D ... I finally have my own official nanoblock release in my hands ^^ ... Hahaha ... Yes, going a bit crazy here, pouring it out to snap some selfies ... LOL =P ... If you want them, you can still order them here, I will even autograph it, if you wish =D
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Christopher Tan x nanoblock - It finally happened!
So many of you have been asking me for ages on when you will be able to actually buy my creations. Well, great news! It finally happened! Hahaahaaa =D ... Here, I present to you, my nanoblock mini-series Japanese Food collection =) ... Yes, they are official nanoblock sets from Kawada, Japan.
They are essentially miniaturised versions of the deluxe sized Japanese Food series I created last time, still remember those? =) ... It took a lot of effort to bring them down to mini-series level, while still trying to maintain as much detail as possible. I hope you guys like them ^^
This series will only be available in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. I am still trying to get confirmation on how many in total will be manufactured and whether it's a single run item (what I heard so far is that only 3000 of each will be made). Will update here when I have more info.
The release date is expected to be late January 2016. I am starting a preorder now. Stock is limited, first come first served! Just CLICK HERE to preorder. You don't have to pay anything yet during preorder. Shipping will only cost around USD2.50-USD3.00 to ship all 4 items ANYWHERE WORLDWIDE by Registered Airmail (Trackable). Also, I would be happy to autograph them for you (if you wish) =)
By buying this from me, you are directly helping to support my work =) ... Truth is, I would need to sell over 1200 of these myself just to cover all my time and cost spent on this project to date. It would mean a lot to me if you could help me spread this by sharing and inviting all your friends to this Facebook event.
The Story
This project to turn my creations into actual nanoblock sets have been a very long process that spanned almost 18 months. It took a lot of meetings in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan to accomplish this. I actually flew over to Tokyo twice at my own expense! Yes, that is how much I wanted to see this dream happen! Hahahaa ...
We started with my deluxe sized Japanese food creations, but those items used a ton of bricks. They would fall into the medium or advanced series, so it would cost way lot more. After much discussion, it was decided that we should try and shrink it down to mini series level so that everyone can afford to buy all the items in the series for a complete collection. I would have loved to see my deluxe sized sets commercialised, but unfortunately, realities of the marketplace dictates the path we take.
I actually did several rounds of scaling down before we got to a size that was small enough for a mini series. There were definitely a lot of challenges in doing this. On one hand, I would love to capture as much detail as possible. On the other hand, I needed to reduce the number of bricks used. They are both opposing goals, so I had to strike a delicate balance between the two.
If you look at the above photos, you can see that one of the first thing I did was to get rid of the chopsticks. A pair of chopsticks would use up a lot of bricks, but they are not crucial to the design, so they were the first to go. Other side items like soya sauce, miso soup, etc were removed as well. I also obviously scaled the whole thing down in size, but I think I managed to maintain most of the detail, even if they are not as refined as the larger version. For most of these items, they were scaled down by over 80 percent!
When you buy these items, you are not just buying another nanoblock set. You are buying a designer product and you know the artist behind the product. When you build my creations, it is like a window into my mind, you see what I see. Hopefully, it gives you a deeper appreciation for the design =)
Big Thanks
I have to thank Lancashire and Elite Toys, the distributors for nanoblock in Singapore and Malaysia respectively, for all their support in this project and making it a reality. Special thanks to Mr Ng who pushed so hard for this, really appreciate it! Also, I have to thank Kawada for agreeing to collaborate with us on this.
Lastly, I want to thank all of you, the fans, for all your support through the years! This would not be possible if not for you guys. A very big THANK YOU! =)
About Chris
If you are new here and want to know more about me, please take a look at the links below:
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Monday, 25 August 2014
Saturday, 16 August 2014
Thursday, 31 July 2014
Monday, 21 July 2014
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
nanoblock Black Forest Cake
Looks like it's dessert week at Chris's nanoblock Blog =) ... today, I bring you a nanoblock Black Forest cake =D ...
Tuesday, 15 July 2014
nanoblock Donut
My nanoblock donut looks so good, even Homer can't resist ... Hahahaa ... This donut is the size of a real donut =)
Friday, 23 August 2013
Wednesday, 21 August 2013
My nanoblock eBooks Available Now
My ebooks containing nanoblock build instructions for making all kinds of Japanese food is available now =) ... They cost US$5.99 for the full bundle or US$2.49 for each individual ebook ... Click here to buy
Saturday, 10 August 2013
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
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