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Meet Jess,
Roles at Hydref Collective:
Tattooist, Crafter, Designer & Event Decor
Favourite Session:
The Women's Circles
Instagram @jesskaiatattoo
Facebook @jesskaiatattoo
Early years:
Home educated in Glastonbury until 13, she had a very untraditional upbringing, and being raised in one of the most Pagan towns in the UK left a lasting imprint, instilling the importance of nature connection from a young age.
She’s always excelled in arts and crafts, completing a 2 year National Diploma in Art and Design; which inspired her love for sculpture, printmaking, and ceramics.
Career:
Jess has been tattooing intermittently since she was 20, is predominately self taught, and has been working full time for three years.
She works in a variety of styles, her favourites being natural history illustration, geometric dotwork, abstract marbling (suminagashi), textured woodcut, and ornamental.
She’s inspired by many things including the natural world, architecture, printmaking, medieval illustration, ironwork filigree, and the changing seasons.
Now:
Jess works full time as a tattooist at Sursum Studio in Narberth. She also creates with other media such as cyanotypes, Lino and ceramics, which inform some of her work.
Hydref Goals:
With the collective Jess wants to find inspiration from working alongside like minded people, and potentially help run art and crafts workshops in the future.
Hobbies & Interests:
Being mother to two young boys, Travelling, Antiquing, Firespinning, Foraging, Hoarding trinkets, Growing veg, Going to gigs, Music, Cooking.
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