White Fright
Artist
Shary Boyle
(Canadian, 1972-)
CultureCanadian
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
Date2009
MediumPorcelain, gold chain
DimensionsOverall: 3 x 12 x 4 in. (7.6 x 30.5 x 10.2 cm)
DescriptionLife size figure of a flying bat rendered in pure white porcelain. The artist modeled and carved the body of the bat by hand, and used a porcelain lace technique to create it's wings. Porcelain lace is made by soaking lace fabric in a liquid porcelain slip and attaching it to a porcelain support. When the porcelain is fired, the fabric burns away and leaves and extremely fragile impression of the lace pattern in the finished porcelain.
Credit LinePurchased with financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisitions Assistance Program, and gifts from Lindy Barrow, Burgundy Asset Management, The Gardiner Museum Board of Trustees, Margaret and Wallace McCain, McLean Budden and Gretchen and Donald Ross
Object numberG09.11.1
Classifications
Modern and Contemporary CeramicsSub-classification
CanadianCollections
Status
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1745
Object number: G83.1.627.1-.11
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1745; decorated and possibly made in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.943.1-2
Artist / Maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
c.1760-1765
Object number: G83.1.863
Artist / Maker: Sceaux Porcelain
1770-1780
Object number: G14.4.23
