What is Hessie?
{{Infobox person | name = Hessie | image = Young Hessie.png | imagesize = | caption = Hessie in Hérouval in the 60's | birth_name = Carmen Lydia Djuric | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1936|04|17}} | birth_place = [[Santiago de Cuba|Santiago]], [[Cuba]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|10|09|1936|04|17|df=y}} | death_place = Pontoise, France | nationality = [[Montenegro|Montenegrin]] | other_names = | occupation = textile artist }} '''Carmen Lydia Djuric''' (17 April 1936 – 9 October 2017), known by her artist name '''Hessie''', was a Cuban textile artist. She lived in [[France]] from 1962 until her death.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lesabattoirs.org/expositions/hessie-survival-art|title=Hessie, Survival Art - les Abattoirs|website=www.lesabattoirs.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dado.virtual.museum/dado-artwork-bio-1960.php |title=Dado Djuric's Biography |website=Dado.virtual.museum |access-date=2017-01-26 |archive-date=2017-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010211847/https://www.dado.virtual.museum/dado-artwork-bio-1960.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> Her creative work was mainly focused on using fabrics, although she also used the technique of collage with waste materials. Hessie did not attend any art school and developed her own creative technique as early as 1956 with materials that were both affordable and easily available. Fabrics and textile cuts were materials she used from the beginning. Hessie died in [[Pontoise]], [[France]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnewsmatin.fr/france/2017-10-10/lartiste-hessie-est-decedee-766673|title=L'artiste Hessie est décédée|work=www.cnewsmatin.fr|access-date=2017-10-10|language=fr}}</ref> on 9 October 2017 at the age of 81. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:French artists]] [[Category:People from Santiago]] {{bio-stub}}