She plunged her hands in the tubs of chemicals she used to render ordinary flowers, leaves and seeds into dried flowers of different shades and hues, and leaves with clearly delineated veins. Cut up, reassembled, and glued together, they became the screens, lanterns, and arrangements that she sold to flower shops, flower-arranging studios, and interior and window-display designers.
她的雙手泡在藥劑裡，將尋常的花朵、葉片、種子，渲染出不同層次、色澤的乾燥花與葉脈分明的鏤空樹葉，經過拼貼、裁剪、組合，製作成瓶插、盆景、屏風、燈飾等，賣給花店、插花教室、百貨公司的櫥窗設計人員、室內設計師等。