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Contact me via email me at hessjc1@gmail.com for information regarding photo use, photo shoots, and more!

I live and work in San Francisco and I was raised in the Midwest around knitters, quilt-makers, needle point and crochet. I have been surprised to find myself so soothed by making art that has a distinctly craft-like quality. Layers and layers of wax medium, repetition, exactness of transferring an image, the taping of edges, the making of medium, the use of fabric and glue - the way nature plays so heavily in my work - I am a Midwesterner soaking up urban influences and both are present in ever