I have been making art for mostly my entire life, I started out drawin — Hayley Barker

"You know what will happen if you stop – but you dont know what will happen if you keep going, and the possibilities there are endless.” This means to me that no matter what it is always important to keep making your art, even if you think its bad, or no one cares, or there is no point. Because someday, someone will like it, and there will be a reason to it all, but theres no way you CAN get to that possibility if you stop. I think it is so important to keep in mind even small steps over time can create huge change in your practice when you look back."

"During my time in college I was introduced to installation art and sculpture work, and I clicked with it right away. I really loved working with large sculptural pieces but it also gets hard to find space to store and make work like that, which is what lead me to soft sculpture & textiles."

"There is so much to learn when it comes to textile art, its so expansive in many different directions, and the experimentation that comes with fabrics and techniques makes it a never-ending learning experience which I love."

"Today I got to where I am just my simply continuing to make art. Making friends within the artist community will always get you places as you all learn and grow your craft together."

"The thing is, I dont really mean to disappoint you and all that, but it doesnt really matter what you do to me; Ill never tell you where he is. Were going to destroy your silly little circus. Were going to bring you down."