商品描述
Behind The Cover 封面背後的故事
Artist/Creator Interview 藝術家/創作者專訪
Q1. Tell us about yourself as an artist/creator. 請向我們簡要介绍一下您作為一位藝術家/創作者的背景和經歷。
尚肶肶兔及A Moment With ••• 的所有都是我(肶肶媽媽)跟先生（肶肶爸爸）共同創造出來的。
肶肶兔是我們7年前從香港兔友協會領養回來的。他多病但充滿活力，我們從他身上感受到愛生命，享受生活是甚麼一回事。
及後他在2018年因病離開移居到彩虹橋。他是我們的兒子，失去了他我們都很傷心。
我們需要一個療癒的過程，亦希望以肶肶之名幫助到其他被遺棄的小動物，品牌就因此在2018年成立了。
但成立之後只是閒時去擺市集，接訂單。
肶肶媽媽從小到大就很喜歡做手工，但在香港普遍讀書都是讀一些容易找工作的科目，我也不例外，大學修讀marketing，
畢業後一直是個market researcher/ Analyst。肶肶爸爸本身是一位graphic designer，一直以義務的身份作為我們的設計師。
在9年前，開始跟Ryan老師學習皮革工藝至今。
我們於2021年於香港誠品書店開設3個月的pop up store，從那天起我開始了全職手作生涯，主理A Moment With•••這個品牌。
我們兩個人一隻兔兔都是土生土長的香港人香港兔兔，希望把我們的手作故事帶給其他地方的人知道，
亦希望可以療癒到其他失去毛孩的兔奴貓奴狗奴的心。
Vibi the bunny (肶肶) & “A Moment With•••” were created/ established by me and my husband in 2018.
We adopted Vibi from HKRS 7 years ago. He had some illnesses and quite often he need to see doctor, however,
he was brave and very energetic. We could feel how positive he was and how much he enjoyed his life.
He left us in 2018 due to his eye illness. We were so sad as we lost our dearest son.
We do need to help ourselves to get out from sadness and we started our healing journey.
We decided to establish “A Moment With •••” to extend our love to other abandoned animals through donation.
And we were self-healing through developing our handicraft product and at the same time our product heals other pet owners.
I love handcrafting since I was small. But in HK, people usually learn something that can make more money or get a job easier,
I was one of them, I studied marketing at university and worked full time as researcher/analyst after graduation.
My husband was a graphic designer and he is a “graphic design volunteer” @ A Moment With••• .
9 years before, I started picking up leathercraft by chance and I learned the technique from a leathercraft master Ryan till now.
And we got an opportunity to set up a pop-up store for 3 months at Eslite HK in 2021, since then, I started my full-time handcrafter life.
We, 2 human plus 1 rabbit, born and raised in HK, want to showcase our story to people outside Hong Kong and to go through the healing process together with other animallovers.
Q2. What inspired your cover design for Mossery? 是什麼啟發了你的這個封面設計？
這是我們第一次做手帳設計。我們覺得大家都過了幾年不容易的日子，
希望以肶肶兔，香港的地標，給人充滿希望的蒲公英及泡泡去鼓勵大家勇敢地由最熟悉的地方出發，充滿期盼的走向更好的地方。
This is our first time to design a schedule book cover. These few years were a hard time for everyone in the world.
With Vibi the bunny, HK Lion Rock hill/ coastline, Dandelion and bubble,
we want to encourage everyone to leave the comfort zone, move ahead,
expecting something good and be hopeful in 2024.
Just like what we did (attending our first exhibition in Taiwan,sharing with others about HK handicraft)
Q3. Describe your artistic style and influences. 請描述一下您的藝術風格和受到影響的因素。
「初心。最美」就是我們的理念之一。
肶肶的顏色就是只有白色，啡色（他本尊的真實顏色），而且我們本身亦是偏愛earth tone。
原色皮革是我們最常用的皮革。加上原色皮革就是最多變化的一種顏色。
顏色會隨著時間，感受到使用者的體温而改變。其他材質，例如:紙品，
我們會選用最簡單的顏色配搭，所以手帳亦只用turquoise 跟白色為主色。
“Be original, be ourselves” and “Keep everything simple” are our motto. We believe the
most beautiful thing is the “original” “real” thing.
Vibi is a bunny in white & light brown.
And coincidentally, we love earth tone, original colour is our favourite colour for leather.
While for other materials like paper, we use simple colour combination,
just like this schedule book, the main colors are turquoise and white.
Q4. What was your creative process for this design? 請分享一下您這個設計的創作過程。
肶肶兔不是大家熟悉的插畫人物。所以，我們要好好的把他呈現在封面上，介紹給更多人認識。
然後就是想好了主題，再畫可以代表主題的事物 (蒲公英，泡泡) 去表現出來。因為想突出肶肶，所以其他的圖案都以最簡單的方法畫出來。
Since Vibi is new to a lot of people, we wish to introduce him to all of you so, he is the main
character on this schedule book. Then we decide the theme and draw the graphics like
dandelion, bubble to tell the story. To make Vibi more outstanding, we keep other graphic simple.
Q5. Did you face any challenges during the creation? How did you overcome them? 在創作過程中是否遇到了任何挑戰？如果有的话，你是如何克服它們的？
設定主題是最大的挑戰。封面的位置不是無限大，想畫的表達的很多，所以，就退一步想想我們2024年想要甚麼？
我們想要的就是大家能懷著希望走更遠的路。
Deciding the theme should be the biggest challenge.
Not only to draw Vibi on the schedulebook, but we also wish the schedule book is meaningful to everyone,
so, we decide the theme before we draw all the other graphics. We wish everyone be hopeful and go further in next year.
Q6. Are there specific themes or messages you wanted to convey through the cover? 你希望通過這個封面傳達哪些信息？
蒲公英的花語 是成長，希望，療癒肶肶坐在一個泡泡上，乘載著自己很愛的出生成長地，香港。
然後乘著風，有蒲公英相伴，滿懷希望的踏上未知的旅程。希望暫時離開土生土長的地方的你及所有人在明年都會充滿希望，過得更好。
“Take a deep breath, grow in hope.”
We use Dandelion and bubble for the cover design.
Dandelion is a symbol of “grow, hope and healing.”
And Vibi is on a Bubble, carrying lion rock hill and coastline from HK (inside the bubble),
taking off with Dandelion, to somewhere unknown, with hope.
We wish everyone including ourselves have a nice move in 2024, taking off from our origin,
Hong Kong, to somewhere unknown, with hope.
“Take a deep breath, grow in hope.”
Q7. What is creativity mean to you? 創意對你而言是什麼
創意對我們來說是最珍貴的事, 是獨一無二的。每個人都擁有，只在於你有沒有好好把它發揮出來。
Creativity is the most unique and valuable thing to us. We believed that everyone has creativity and depends on how you unleash it.
Q8. What emotions do you hope people feel when they see your cover? 您期待別人看到你的封面時，它會帶給人們什麼樣的情緒？
平靜暖心的感覺，對未來有期盼。
Peaceful and expecting good things in future.
Q9. What advice do you have for aspiring artists or creators who want to make their mark in the industry? 對於那些初入行的藝術家或創作者，你有什麼建議？
就如我們的其中一個手作品所寫的: 「常存希望，平安快樂。」
Be kind, be hopeful, with a peaceful mind, and you will be happy.
