Mick Queen

Als liefhebber van bijzonder keramiek ben ik in het bezit van een paar mooie stukken. Waarvan "t komt grietje d'r keel uit" van Danielle Smits mijn mooiste stuk. 

Totdat ik deze ochtend stuitte tegen het werk van Judith Montens, deze in Amsterdam wonende kunstenares is binnen het collectief Kladblok bezig met een eigentijds servies genaamd "Five Star Crockery" Ik was gelijk gepakt door de thematiek die ze gebruikt om vorm te geven in Keramiek.
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©ManelOrtega   Alone for three whole days, mixed feelings come with that. Wout is to Antwerp for a businesses meeting, one that can change a lot for us. I love being alone, but alone with Wout, we never split, we live breath and think together. Alone for three whole days, mixed feelings come with that. On one hand I can think in one strait line, on the other hand what if I am stuck in my thinking, who do I ask, who will advise me. We never split, we live breath and think together. He is gone for one hour and I already miss him to pieces.

Last week I had to write my first essay for the Interior Design Institute. The first of twelve, it was about interior design principles and elements. I had to take three totally different interiors and analyse them to the bone. At first I thought "that is not very challenging" but after I was finished with my essay, I knew how much I learned to in such a short time. The three, at first sight, gorgeous interiors, where totally out of balance and wrong, not to say ugly, after I finished writing about them. My tutor Samantha loved my essay and gave me 8/10. Getting ready for part 2, the history of design.

Yesterday I gave myself a new "to do" on my big "to do this year" list. Make a daily drawing/sketch and put it on-line, to force me to draw more, but more important, to push the border and explore different techniques. I find myself being lazy and staying in my comfort zone, when it comes to sketching and drawing. The whole purpose of this side project is to expand that. http://mickqueen.tumblr.com/

Way back when I was ten, a dentist molested me. In such a way that the scars are still on my mind. My fear for dentists is enormous, the only real fear I have. I do have to go, one of these days, because one of my teeth is starting get painful. I am brave in many ways, I dare almost everything. But those few steps from the door to getting in the dentist chair are like stepping through the gates of hell. "Everything was better in the old days" some people say. Way back when I was ten, a dentist molested me. In such a way that the scars are still on my mind. Something that is just not imaginable in these days.

That I am excited to move to Barcelona in a few months is no surprise, obviously. Mainly because the move brings back the two elements I need to live: Space and light! To me as important as oxygen and water. Since I moved to the UK I stopped photographing and filming, because of the lack of it. Just the idea that I will have a big studio makes me smile all day. I am drawing new storyboards as we speak, packed with new ideas for short films and photos.

To be honest, we knew it from the start, lovely Brighton was going to be too small for us, but we had to give it a chance. London was the next option, a city with a real pulse. But after two months of searching for a work and living space, we sat down and gave up, because it will cost us at least 3500 pound rent a month. I love to work, but not for rent and prestige, I work out of the passion for design. So now we have a tiny office in London, and we are moving our studio and home to Barcelona, the city that stole my heart ten years ago, but I was not ready for her, now she tapped me on the back and told me, "come, it´s time." So we are having an UK business and a Barcelona studio. We will be traveling between London and Barcelona, not really a punishment for me, I love a change of scenery.

This week I sold an art work on Saatchi online For me this was the best thing ever Just two days after I said that I wanted to sell more artwork "Oh Deer" is the name of the sold piece It's a paper cut deer, waiting to die Made with 24Ct gold leaf In a limited edition of 300.

We met twenty years ago On our first day of art school He, a shy boy from the country Me, a flamboyant city boy We studied, traveled and became friends We had numerous of outrageous adventures We shared our ups and downs, private as well as professional We had a great weekend Seeing each other again After a year of hard work and traveling He, a confident very successful TV and film producer Me, a confident flamboyant artist