WHAT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF ADVICE THAT SOMEONE HAS EVER GIVEN YOU THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PASS ON?
Keep searching for your passion. No, better yet: you can find your passion.
I never had a hobby or passion. I always thought I liked everything, but I didn’t specifically have a deeper interest in something. But I always said that if I won a million, I wanted to get my own studio where I could do pottery. Deep down I already knew what my passion was, but it didn’t just show up out of nowhere. I had to actively look for it and take conscious steps to get there. I’ve done a very thorough search to find my passion, but it was at the top of my list all along. Isn’t that weird?
I’m now endlessly trying to learn more about pottery. For example, I can’t stop watching videos about it. I finally understand what people mean when they talk about their passion.
So, if there are still people who do not dare to dream that for themselves, I would like to give them that as advice: your passion is there and you can find it.
WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP YOU WANT TO TAKE IN THIS FIELD OF WORK?
[Interviewer: Actually, I don’t think ‘field of work’ fits in your story anymore, now that I have heard you speak with so much passion!]
Haha! Yes, many people also tell me: “You have such a fun hobby”. But for me, Love Q is just my job, my 9-to-5. Although it secretly doesn’t feel like work. When I come home after a day in my studio, I tell my family how hard I’ve worked that day, but on the inside, I laugh.
In the future, I would like to focus more on large bowls, pots, and urns. Projects that I can work on for longer. I especially want to work on urns because you can give people something with a deeper meaning. If a person you love passes away, wouldn’t you want to keep them with you in something beautiful? I want to continue making urns so that they bring people as much joy as they brought me while making them. Also, I would like people to come here before they pass away, so they can choose the shape and color of the urns themselves, and it becomes even more personal. Sometimes we keep death so far away from us, but I don’t think that is the intention at all. We need to keep our loved ones much closer to us.
Check out the work of Quérine at Love Q: loveq.nl
Quérine is wearing dress Fenn and top Sileas
Images 4, 5, 6, and 7 are shot by Stephanie Driessen www.stephaniedriessen.com