Garden of Two Birds

In Turkish folk tradition, a pair of birds on a branch signals loyalty and the quiet pleasure of shared seasons. Here, two small ceramic figures, striped like honey-bees yet clearly doves, stand apart from the floral procession as its still point, its witness. The tulip has threaded through Ottoman garden design for centuries, moving from palace tile to embroidered cloth to painted ceramic. On this ring, the blooms do not fill a field; they travel in a loose column, each flower at a slightly different stage of opening, as if time itself is built into the composition. The circle with nothing at its centre is an old form, a wreath, a mirror frame, a portal. Hung on a door or a white wall, this piece asks the room to pause: here is a garden held in a loop, fastened with a red bow, waiting for a breeze that will never come.