Last week, I visited the storefront of Vesaire, a fancy florist in Nişantaşı, a neighborhood on Istanbul's European side. In the posh surroundings of this workshop, master florists instruct enthusiasts about the secret art of creating floral arrangements and bouquets. Filled with florists and art galleries, the street on which the shop is located, Ahmet Fetgari Sokak, is the perfect place for it. Emel Kurhan, a designer and storyteller best known as one the creators of the Yazbükey brand, greeted all the visitors at the entrance of the workshop. Her "Maybe Tomorrow" exhibition is hosted by Tankut Aykut, who opened his own gallery space in Galata earlier this year. "Maybe Tomorrow" consists of around a dozen embroideries, drawings and pictures that depict hands offering flowers. In one picture a hand is offering a daisy that has been plucked by another hand. A second picture, which depicts a hand holding a red rose, is reminiscent of Nakkaş Sinan Bey's famous portrait of Sultan Mehmed II smelling a rose. Another picture shows a blue hand offering a sunflower that appears to be looking up to the sun. "This event marks the first time Kurhan, a household name in both fashion as well as the contemporary art scene, is presenting her work to the public since her 'Fantastik' exhibition held in 2013," the exhibition program reads. It continues, informing that "in her new series, Kurhan adopts a more austere, distilled and delicate expression that reflects itself in a variety of materials and a more craftsmanship-centered approach, which ultimately revives countless recollections of flower exchanges that have laid dormant in a winter's sleep, deep inside our memories - these strong imageries trigger the sensations of touch and smell in our minds." Aykut told me how Kurhan developed the concept of the exhibition. "She had already started with her series of drawings and paintings of flowers when she discovered Vesaire's beautiful workshop venue," he said. "Her series of work and the space fit so well together that we did not wait long to realize the project. Vesaire's owner Ayça and her team were very encouraging in making this small interim show." When asked why he referred to it as an "interim show," Aykut replied, "We have already been working on Emel's upcoming show at my main [gallery] in Galata in March [2015], so we treated this project as a small appetizer for the upcoming main show. It also represents an intermediate stage within the developments of Kurhan's works. 'Maybe Tomorrow' fits well between her previous show at ArtSümer, 'Fantastik,' and the upcoming show." Aykut was quick to emphasize how much he enjoys working with Kurhan. "I have long loved Emel's work, admired her artistic vision, appreciated her approach to arts and crafts and enjoyed her company. She liked my gallery and, most importantly, appreciated my model of running a gallery and the scale of my business. After I opened my space our collaboration started and grew almost naturally." The flowers in the gallery also have meaning for Aykut. "They mostly imply hope. Exchanging flowers indicates the future of any kind of relationship. Hence, on a metaphoric and abstract level, we titled this exhibition 'Maybe Tomorrow.' 'Maybe' because I think the flowers inherently possess a great sense of uncertainty," he said.