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room. I have started creating again where
By Hailey Osborne it all began, in my imagination. I can see
The Earth beautifully crafted interior designs for

without each room, and hand-painted sign work,
perhaps working my way back to my love
art for sheet metal and wires.

ABIDING ART Life is about the good we leave behind—
The light of creativity may dim, but never extinguish. is just, my art and my children, markers that I
Hailey Osborne shares her passion for art with ZGP Magazine Eh. existed and was an example of love and
and her love for the everlasting impact art can create. kindness. When I'm no longer here,
- Demetri Martin hopefully, my presence meant something

As far back as I can remember, I've drawn, maintained my creative outlet and contin- and that I mattered to people that I loved.
When memories are all you have, the mo-
created, stitched, painted, or hammered ued to illustrate my dream world. mentoes they left behind - marks on paper,
out something beautiful (to me) with what pictures they drew - means everything to
was available to me. My early childhood I have always been drawn to color. I've me now and brings me peace.
was problematic, uncertain, and with been to a number of museums in several
some very challenging memories. I think countries, and while I can love and ap-
that's when my imagination became my preciate the work and beauty of the vast
go-to, my safe place in a chaotic world. landscapes and portraits, color was where I was creating something from nothing,
my heart lay. Looking for with merely sheet metal, and wire. I was Hailey Osborne is
During this time of the image that seemed working with blowtorches, metal working originally from England.
uncertainty, I start- incomprehensible, I liked tools, pliers, hammers, you name it. Most She has a passion for
ed to draw my dream to stand for hours and try days, I was covered in polishing dust and
world, make clothes for to see what the artist was looking like I'd descended into coal mines creating beautiful jewerlry
my stuffed bear from trying to say. and emerging with a piece of jewelry. I and colorful artwork.
available materials. was creating jewelry that I could wear and
We did not have a lot During Art College, self- that others would pay me to own. I found Osborne is a kid mum,
growing up, so I had to doubt started creeping my thing!! pitbull mum, a wife, and a
be ingenious with the in, and I realized passion artist and interior
materials at hand. My hopes for a Barbie would only get me so far but did I pos- While living my dream, tragedy struck, designer.
never came to fruition, so my bears would sess any real talent? It didn't help that the so significantly painful that I hope never
have to do. principal of our Art School took a more to endure anything like it again. At that
dictatorial, subjective approach to the moment and for nearly two years, I put
I remember spending hours and hours student's artwork, rather than an open- down my tools and didn't touch anything
designing ball gowns and wedding dress- mind, objective one. I truly believe art is in my workshop. Later, when I packed up
es. My friends would book me in advance free-spirited but, he thought he had the everything, there was a half-finished piece
- way in advance as I was only six at the answers, and debate wasn't an option. This on the bench pin. I never thought I would Brit
time - to design their gowns. While, I was difference of opinion created a frustrating create anything ever again. Vintage
very young at the time, in my head, the barrier for me. For a while, I did not create
world was my oyster. I was going to create much art, and I was terribly unhappy. While the world was dark from the ravag- Designs
beautiful things and make lots of money. es of COVID, a new light of creativity was
Later, I went back to school to study sil- emerging within me. My husband and fa-
Life became stable around six, with my versmithing and thrived. My artistic ten- ther to my son and daughter, and I moved
father gaining custody of myself, and two dencies always leaned more towards prac- into a new home with walls as beautiful as
brothers. I remember feeling relieved even tical as opposed to just decorative, though any blank canvas. The creative energy is
though I didn't understand what that truly I love both. Silversmithing was similar to alive as I see large murals in the children's
meant. I just knew the chaos was gone. I my early years of designing dresses, in that room or a fluid art painting in the living

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