Highland glass art exhibition remembers loss of Dundee whaling ship
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A DUNDEE tragedy has inspired glass artwork on exhibition at Wasps studios in Inverness.
Susan Purser Hope has created a duet of glass art showing a ship setting sail and in pursuit of whales.
She said:“The Nova Zembla – one of the five vessels which formed the Dundee whaling fleet – ran aground and became a total wreck.”
The Nova Zembla was destroyed off Baffin Bay, Canada, in 1902 after striking a reef during a storm.
The chairwoman of the Contemporary Glass Society added: “Fellow whalers rescued the terrified crew. The ship’s remains were discovered on a beach in 2018. My work is a story about whaling. Scots brought back the blubber of more than 20,000 whales and four million seals to their home ports for rendering into oil.”
The exhibition, first opened in Glasgow, has moved to the Inverness Creative Academy until Saturday.
The Scottish Glass Society (SGS) and the Contemporary Glass Society are promoting International Year of Glass with this joint exhibition of contemporary glass art created by their members.
