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Jess Rippengale grew up in Cornwall and graduated from the University of Plymouth with a first-class BA (hons) in Fine Art. Her artwork explores the British coastline, using natural materials such as the tendrils of ‘mermaid’s purses’ (the egg cases of the small-spotted catshark) in her weaving, and whittling crochet hooks out of driftwood, which she uses to create seascapes of the beaches they came from. She also writes the Substack newsletter ‘Safe in the shallows.’

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May 2, 2026 ∙ 4 min
Retreat
| By Jess Rippengale | I have been listening to author Katherine May's podcast ‘The Clearing’, where she invites guests to discuss their fantasy retreat. It's an anything goes opportunity and in the same way I have agonised over which eight tracks I would take to a desert island (because of course, one day I will be asked onto the programme, just after appearing on the now defunct Top of the Pops), I have been planning my own retreat, in preparation for Katherine's invite. So, if I could go...
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