The ‘bonsai museum,’ the primary of its type in Türkiye, at the moment beneath development in Yalova province within the Marmara area, is ready to open its doorways to guests inside a number of months with almost 200 works showcasing the artwork of cultivating miniature bushes in Far Eastern-style pots, in line with an Anadolu Agency (AA) report Sunday.
Bonsai, outlined because the artwork of pruning, dwarfing and shaping bushes in pots utilizing particular methods, is among the many inventive works adopted with nice curiosity in lots of international locations.
The “Yalova Bonsai Museum” is being constructed by the Special Provincial Administration to advertise the artwork originating from China and Japan, aiming to extend the variety of fans within the metropolis, also called the “City of Flowers.”
Hasan Soygüzel, the President of the Provincial General Assembly, informed the AA that they launched into this journey to ascertain a bonsai museum in the course of Türkiye’s first two arboretums (tree parks) within the central village of Samanlı and the district of Termal.
Explaining that 60% of Yalova is roofed with forests, Soygüzel stated: “Our province is also home to Türkiye’s first living tree museums. Therefore, to continue this concept, we planned a miniature tree museum.”
“In Yalova, we have very valuable instructors interested in bonsai art, and we are incorporating their valuable collections into this museum. This initiative has awakened an excitement in Türkiye,” he stated.
“We held symposiums and exhibitions in our country and abroad with the participation of artists engaged in bonsai art. As a result of the friendships formed on this occasion, new donations were made to our museum,” he additional defined.
Therefore, we’re establishing one of many first bonsai museums in our nation in Yalova, and maybe a very powerful on this planet. After a number of months, we are going to go to our museum collectively,” Soygüzel added.
Hüseyin Ersoy, the architect and management engineer of the undertaking undertaken by the Provincial Administration, defined that the museum, masking 200 sq. meters of closed house and 1,800 sq. meters (19,375 sq. toes) in whole, can have exhibition house and a workshop.
Emphasizing their efforts for accessibility, particularly for individuals with disabilities, Ersoy stated: “We took care to provide students and the elderly with the opportunity to come here easily and work in the workshop. Our museum will display nearly 200 bonsai.”
Hasan Şimşek, who has been working in bonsai artwork discipline for 25 years, expressed his pleasure on the prospect of exhibiting over 100 of his works within the museum.
“Museums are established to showcase and preserve cultural and natural assets with a certain value. Bonsai is the only art that combines two features mentioned in the definition of art and museum. It is the only art made with a living being. That’s why it garners great interest worldwide,” he defined.
“The museum will be a milestone for Türkiye to progress in this regard. It will be a work that emphasizes that this is an art. We are very excited. In our museum, we will try to represent all the trees that can be found in our country,” famous Şimşek.
“In the future, we even want to include trees representing the 81 provinces of Türkiye. Initially, our works will predominantly be featured in the museum. Still, we also desire to include the representation of artists from different regions of our country with their trees in the museum,” he famous.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
