{"id":154165,"date":"2021-10-08T12:30:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T04:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/?p=154165"},"modified":"2024-11-29T11:43:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T03:43:30","slug":"sugarman-candy-blowing-louis-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/sugarman-candy-blowing-louis-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis To, AKA Sugarman, talks about the 600-year-old Chinese craft of candy blowing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong is home to a flourishing local art and music scene, where many <a href=\"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/hong-kong-artists-illustrators-painters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong Kong artists<\/a> like <a href=\"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/michael-kistler-street-photographer-hong-kong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photographer Michael Kistler<\/a> and indie band <a href=\"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/my-little-airport-hong-kong-indie-band-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Little Airport<\/a> work on their craft right here in the city. We sat down to chat with Louis To (affectionately nicknamed Sugarman) on the traditional candy making craft that has been practised by the Chinese people for over 600 years. Louis shapes candy and sugar into jade-like miniature animal sculptures that are sweet inside and out. We headed over to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/what-to-do-in-cheung-chau-island-hong-kong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cheung Chau<\/a> to find out more.<\/p>\n<h3>Meet Louis To, AKA Sugarman<\/h3>\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v21.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/honeycombershongkong\/videos\/328710150992732\/\" data-width=\"500\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/honeycombershongkong\/videos\/328710150992732\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/honeycombershongkong\/videos\/328710150992732\/\">Making Candy with Sugarman Hong Kong<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Louis To, AKA Sugarman, makes incredible candy figurines from his small shop on Cheung Chau island, Hong Kong. We talked with him about this 600-year-old Chinese art form. Full story here: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2KMRcti<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/honeycombershongkong\">Honeycombers Hong Kong<\/a> on Wednesday, May 23, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>How did you first get involved in the traditional craft of candy blowing?<\/h3>\n<p>When I was growing up in my hometown, I saw a lot of candy blowing, and I really liked going to watch them being made. I remember very vividly how they used to craft it and it\u2019s ingrained in my childhood memories. When I got older, I did a lot of art, and then I moved to Cheung Chau and I saw some people candy blowing. After my daughter had just been born, I realised that there weren\u2019t these types of artforms around anymore, the craft hadn\u2019t developed, rather it had gone backwards, and I wanted to try and change that.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154142\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154142 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-dragon-candy-blowing-candy.jpg\" alt=\"sugarman dragon candy blowing candy\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-dragon-candy-blowing-candy.jpg 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-dragon-candy-blowing-candy.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-dragon-candy-blowing-candy.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/600;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The candy blowing craft has been practised for over 600 years in China<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I asked the people I saw doing the candy blowing what materials they were using but they wouldn\u2019t tell me, so I looked online to try and find out how it was done but didn\u2019t have much luck. The candy would either break apart or would harden very quickly making it difficult to shape. I tried for over half a year, testing different types of ingredients before I finally started to get the right measurements, though it still wasn\u2019t exactly right&#8230; Honestly, it was an incredibly painful process and I was still using my own home frying pan at the time [laughs]. I\u2019ve gotten a lot of boils and burn scars on my hands and arms that can attest to that!<\/p>\n<p>What really brings me happiness is knowing that my daughter can witness what I fondly used to see when I was a child. Right now, it\u2019s not great for her to play with such hot candies, but I do give her clay to mould with, which she enjoys to muck around with. And now, it\u2019s been over ten years since I first started candy blowing.<\/p>\n<h3>Do you consider candy blowing an artform?<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154143\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154143 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-logo-for-sugarman-store.jpg\" alt=\"sugarman logo for sugarman store\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-logo-for-sugarman-store.jpg 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-logo-for-sugarman-store.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-logo-for-sugarman-store.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/600;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Within the red circle find the Chinese character for Sugar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Originally, candy blowing was considered a skill, but I guess on different levels it is an artform. When we make candy for the purpose of tasting it and eating it, it\u2019s just a piece of candy, but candy blowing itself isn\u2019t made for the simple purpose of just eating &#8211; and that\u2019s where the art comes in. There are times when a chef makes a dish that is so beautiful you almost don\u2019t want to eat it, that\u2019s similar to candy blowing, that\u2019s art.<\/p>\n<h3>So then, do you not encourage people to eat the candy you make?<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154141\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154141\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154141 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-candy-blowing-horse.jpg\" alt=\"sugarman candy blowing horse\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-candy-blowing-horse.jpg 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-candy-blowing-horse.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-candy-blowing-horse.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/600;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sugarman makes delicate marble-like animals out of sugar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No, I definitely encourage them to eat it. My view is this, in the past I\u2019ve done a lot of art pieces that now sit in art museums, but really, how many people go and see it? The relationship between the art and the audience isn\u2019t close enough. The candies that I create, I very much encourage audiences to eat, the more beautiful it is, the more I want them to eat it, because it means they get to physically experience the art, it enters their bloodstream, their DNA and it becomes ingrained in their memories; that to me is perfection.<\/p>\n<h3>What do you think about the state of the craft of candy blowing in Hong Kong now?<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154140\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154140 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-louis-to-candy-blowing.jpg\" alt=\"sugarman louis to candy blowing\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-louis-to-candy-blowing.jpg 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-louis-to-candy-blowing.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-louis-to-candy-blowing.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/600;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It took Louis To over half a year to start skillfully crafting his own candy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I think in the recent 8-10 years there\u2019s been a lot of talk about the preservation of tradition, but for me, it was just coincidence that I started doing candy blowing. There\u2019s a lot of people who ask me, is it because you want to preserve it and pass it onto the next generations, is that why you do it? But really, it\u2019s not what you think, it\u2019s honestly because of a very selfish reason &#8211; I want to do it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154139\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154139 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-candy-blowing-hot-sugar-and-tools.jpg\" alt=\"sugarman candy blowing hot sugar and tools\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-candy-blowing-hot-sugar-and-tools.jpg 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-candy-blowing-hot-sugar-and-tools.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-candy-blowing-hot-sugar-and-tools.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/600;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The instruments are incredibly hot to the touch, making it difficult to become a candy blowing master<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Candy blowing is definitely not as popular as it once was, and also traditional candy blowing doesn\u2019t actually involve making animals or figurines out of sugar. Other than me, there aren\u2019t more than two people who are still practicing candy blowing in the whole of Hong Kong today. I also wouldn\u2019t put too much hope in more people getting involved, it\u2019s not an easy craft and you need to be able to endure a lot of hardship.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154138\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154138 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-louis-to-daughter-candy-blowing.jpg\" alt=\"sugarman louis to daughter candy blowing\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-louis-to-daughter-candy-blowing.jpg 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-louis-to-daughter-candy-blowing.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-louis-to-daughter-candy-blowing.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/600;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Are you brave and tough enough to endure trials and tribulations in order to become a candy blowing expert?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I\u2019ve had people approach me and try to learn, but once they hold the hot instruments, they\u2019re immediately dazed and can\u2019t even move their hands. It\u2019s incredibly hot and you will instantly get boils on your hands. If someone wants to try, I\u2019ll definitely let them, but you\u2019re going to have to follow what I do. If your hands don\u2019t instantly get boils, it means that you\u2019ve done a lot of difficult handcrafts. I wouldn\u2019t put too much hope in teaching anyone the skills, but I have taught some middle school children, my own daughter and even shared my methods with candy blowing masters.<\/p>\n<h3>Is there anything you want people to know about you or candy blowing?<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154144\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154144 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-louis-to-in-front-of-his-cheung-chau-store.jpg\" alt=\"sugarman louis to in front of his cheung chau store\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-louis-to-in-front-of-his-cheung-chau-store.jpg 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-louis-to-in-front-of-his-cheung-chau-store.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/05\/sugarman-louis-to-in-front-of-his-cheung-chau-store.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/600;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Head over to Cheung Chau to meet Louis To aka Sugarman Hong Kong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I want to reach more people who, when they were younger witnessed candy blowing to tell me their stories. When I am on the street with my candies sometimes I don\u2019t accept money and instead I want you to tell me a story. If you can tell me these types of stories, I\u2019ll give you one of my candies or if you can show me an art skill, or we can have some kind of exchange, I\u2019ll happily offer you one for free. These candies to me are not about business, it\u2019s not about the money, to me, it\u2019s a life exchange, a way to engage with another &#8211; this is what I want most from doing this.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sugarman.hk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sugarman Shop<\/a>, 147 Sun Hing Back Street, Cheung Chau, Hong Kong, p. 9433 7950, \u9999\u6e2f\u9577\u6d32\u65b0\u8208\u5f8c\u8857147\u865f<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong is home to a flourishing local art and music scene, where many Hong Kong artists like photographer Michael Kistler and indie band My Little Airport work on their craft right here in the city. 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