原型來自香港藝術館虛白齋藏品清禹之鼎（1647-1713後）《花果草蟲圖》

Originated from Yu Zhiding (1647-after 1713) “Flowers, fruits, vegetables and insects” handscroll, HKMoA Xubaizhai Collection.

設計繡球花的花紐，我一向覺得不容易：要在細小的範圍表達密集的花型，過於密集會失去層次、線條美，過於簡化又顯得普通而且失去神韻。禹之鼎畫繡球花的方法，啟發了我這一朵「通透」的繡球花。他描畫繡球花的筆觸就像寫書法一樣，橫、直、點、撇、捺、鉤，通通都能在花中找到！他雖然是在描畫花瓣，卻同一時間帶出花瓣之間的層次和陰影，這樣處理非常巧妙。所以他畫的繡球花，層次感、線條美、密集的感覺，一樣不缺。其實，我覺得比真實的繡球花還要好看。

做這款花紐時，剛巧香港動植物公園的繡球花開得正盛。從媒體拍到的片段，近距離觀看繡球花的花瓣，看起來的確是略為方形的！畫家觀察花朵是何等細緻入微！

Designing a hydrangea floral button is tricky. In such a small area, too much details is technically not possible and lose focus. Too simple design looks boring and cannot bring out the characteristics of the flower – density. Yu Zhiding’s painting shows me how to balance all these. I am particularly attracted by his strokes – he drew his hydrangeas as if he wrote Chinese calligraphy! In my floral button, I tried to mimic his strokes and used 2 colours to create depth and feeling of density.

While I was working on this floral button, the hydrangeas in Hong Kong was blooming. A closer look at the petals, they are actually not that “round” and have kind of a square shape. Yu captured this with his interesting and inspiring strokes.