Jo Hesse attended the Freie Hochschule Stuttgart for textile crafts in Germany before deepening her study of feltmaking under mentorship of Unesco-honored master feltmaker, Mehmet Girgiç, and Theresa Girgiç, in Konya, Turkey. She has exhibited at A.P.E. Gallery and been published in Fiber Art Now and Rug Insider. She teaches at the Bowsprit Foundation in Maine and Sanborn Mills Farm in New Hampshire, as well as offering group and private workshops at her home studio in Northampton.