https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/10887/fullWhite Fright2009Shary BoyleOverall: 3 x 12 x 4 in. (7.6 x 30.5 x 10.2 cm)Porcelain, gold chainPurchased 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 RossOrigin: Toronto, Ontario, CanadaG09.11.10Life 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.Modern and Contemporary CeramicsModern and Contemporary - Canadian[]Modern and Contemporary CeramicsCanadian184005170Canadian