What is Toy Assemblage?

What is Toy Assemblage?

Assemblage is an artistic process. In the visual arts it consists of making three-dimensional or two-dimensional artistic compositions by putting together found objects …Wiki Go Forward, Johann Dieter Wassman 1897 So in the world of Art Of Toys this means taking toys...
Five Ways To Clean Porcelain or Bisque Dolls

Five Ways To Clean Porcelain or Bisque Dolls

To continue with methods to clean toys I have spent a great deal of time cleaning old bisque and porcelain dolls. I always thought the claim “smoke free house” was kinda goofy until I bought a large lot of vintage Penny Dolls on ebay only to find they had...
What is the difference between a collector and a hoarder?

What is the difference between a collector and a hoarder?

What is the difference between a collector and a hoarder? Organization! I love to see how people organize and display their collections! In this day of internet I found these three interviews on youtube with three very different collections but all three have a lot of...
Zanini & Zambelli Italian Doll Comany

Zanini & Zambelli Italian Doll Comany

The Zanini & Zambelli Doll Company is a family owned and operated business. It is located in Canneto Sull ‘Oglio in the province of Mantova, Italy. The original owners were Adelaide Zanini and Francesco Zambelli, husband and wife, who founded the company in 1948....
See-Mor Moon-A-TIK Uneeda Doll Co

See-Mor Moon-A-TIK Uneeda Doll Co

Uneeda Doll Company was founded in 1917 in  Brooklyn, New York and continued to produce dolls until it’s demise in 1991. Uneeda was also known as the Tony Toy Company of Hong Kong, as some dolls are marked. Uneeda Doll created many types of dolls ini the...
Where Do Sashas Come From?

Where Do Sashas Come From?

I had the pleasure of representing Sasha Dolls in the early 80’s when International Playthings was the distributor. From that I developed a love for the beautiful simple design of these timeless dolls designed by Sasha Morgenthaler and am happy to share both my...

TV Memorabilia

TV Memorabilia One of the more useful of my collections is Toy Reference books which I peruse of a regular basis looking for ideas to blog so today I came across “Collectible Television Memorabilia” by Dian Zillner. Now the first thing I have to check is what year...
Toy Art featured at Art Of Toys!

Toy Art featured at Art Of Toys!

Toy Art featured at Art Of Toys for our second Designer Toy Show featuring original art from local talented artists that have customized Munny’s from kidrobot. Artists include, Gwen Akcin, Oscar Ayotzintli, Selina Briggs, Chris Cinder, Sheri DeBow, Angelo...
Artist Rebecca Casey

Artist Rebecca Casey

Artist Rebecca Casey Rebecca Casey was one of the first featured artist at Art Of Toys with her series of assemblage ceramic and toy art creations. Art Of Toys was both happy and sad as we sold out all her creations for they had become mascots to the gallery. A native...
Deb Canham Art Of Toys Featured Artist 2012

Deb Canham Art Of Toys Featured Artist 2012

Deb Canham Art Of Toys Featured Artist 2012 Deb Canham Art Of Toys Featured Artist 2012 with her wonderful miniature dragons and monsters thou Deb Canham has been a leading figure in the bear world since 1987 when she became the UK’s first miniature bear artist....