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For the last fifteen years, the organic shape of bones has captivated Monique, propelling her to become the innovator of a new art form. Looking at her 'Bone Works', one feels her paper extensions blend naturally from the bone, creating strong emotions that flow from such exciting and original work. This juxtoposition of paper, rigid foam and bone immitates no other work.


Over the last decade, her numerous instructional papier mache classes have revealed many of her techniques, bringing inspiration to a number of up and coming artists. As a result, she has published her first instructional book, Papier Mache Design, available for purchase on her website, and through Authorhouse.com. Originally from Ottawa Ontario, she has spent much time in Kingston and Montreal before moving to Yellowknife in 2005.


At the bottom of this page you will find a few comments referring to Monique Robert's work...

 
Northern Minotaur Northern Centaur Swivel Antelope Hanging Dragon Whale
Tusk Tusk Moon Rising Japanese Paper Roman Horse Bighorn Sheep
Bovine Bird Bath Gargoyle Giraffes Gull
Eagle Copperwing Armoured Cornered Cows Grazing
Hippo Seal Sitting Blue Allosaurus Goldblack Mask
Sunhorse Zebrahips Crocodile Egyptian



"...When I see a stone, I see a stone. There's no figure inside it for me. That's why I don't carve stone... I build up figures out of clay or crumpled paper and masking tape, so the sculpture gradually appears. I don't need to worry about removing or adding too much, because I work with more forgiving materials. Monique seems to see things in a (third) way that I didn't know about before. She creates hollow inner forms that will fit inside a finished sculpture, and then "draws" the actual skin of her sculptures in thin air. I can't explain how she does this, although she shows the method very clearly in her book. The reason I can't explain it is that I don't personally have the ability to see the way she does. Instead of "liberating" a figure out of a solid piece of stone, she forms the shape of a figure that she sees in empty space. It's a remarkable ability, and one I wish I had. The result of her method is a very strong, highly detailed sculpture that is almost completely hollow, yet amazingly strong because of the geometric shapes inside the sculpture, the type of glue she uses instead of flour and water paste, and her method of building up shapes with the paper mache..."

- Excerpt from a review of my book written by Joni through the website Ultimate Papier Mache


Hello Monique - I love your book and the resulting sculpture that is possible following your steps. I immediately tried your method and made my version of a snow leopard that is completely hollow and light. I think it came out presentable. Let me know if you or anyone on this site would like to see it. Not all of your suggestions were utilized but many were. There are about eight hollow pieces inside my leopard that were hot glued together and then covered with strips of the wood glue paper. I used blank newsprint to keep it less messy, and it actually looked pretty good unpainted - kind of like wood. Then I painted it - thanks for the "adult" method of doing paper mache.

- Joanne Gennarella, upon having read and created a work using my methods


"...Yeah I'm glad you introduced me to your bone art too. In fact, those bone pieces are most of what got me into Concordia, so let me take this moment to thank you for getting me into grad school! I always tell people the story of how those things came into being and about the work you do with papier mache and bone. Now I'll have a website to send them to so that they can see what I'm talking about..."

- Bevan Ramsay, creator of Bone China series commending Monique Robert on her introducing him to her bone art.