Colorful Carved and Painted Birds by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille pottery head I believe it is made

I believe it is made of papier mache

as if completely confident in his ability to perform his function

often commanding many hundreds of dollars

perched on a shelf

Colorful Carved and Painted Birds by Canadian Folk Artist Yves Robitaille pottery head I believe it is madeWithout consciously realizing it, I have been gravitating to the work of lots of Canadians of late, and especially folk artists in and and around Quebec. These very charming birds are the work of Yves Robitaille (b. 1939), a widely collected sculptor and woodcarver from Saint Francois de lIle dOrleans. Though he has occasionally carved other small animals, Robitaille is first and foremost a bird carver shorebirds, song birds, hummingbirds, and most