by Rehg | May 8, 2015 | Blog
Spokes – Bike Bell Art is this month’s theme show at the gallery in Sacramento Handle District in celebration of Bike Month! We invited 48 artists to create an original piece of art on a working bike bell for a very diverse interpretation of art vs....
by Rehg | Apr 16, 2015 | Blog
April Fairy Show Winnie Rose Reyes This year as part of the April Fairy Show Winnie Rose Reyes has two of her unique one of a kind fantasy creatures. Winnie takes exceptional care in the creation to details and costumes on her artwork. It is a joy to see where her...
by Rehg | Apr 15, 2015 | Blog
At this month’s Art Of Toys Fairy Show we are featuring a new artist that has crafted some beautiful play fairy houses with tree limbs and some careful woodworking to make a work of art that any fairy or child would love to call home. Swings, ladders and special...
by Rehg | Apr 14, 2015 | Blog
Laurelin Gilmore Fairy Artist featured the month of April at Art Of Toys 2015 Fairy Show with her original watercolor, pen and ink on paper fairy art. Laurelin has created a series of original works for the show, with her first watercolor series. This is a chance to...
by Rehg | Apr 9, 2015 | Blog
Lisa Owens of MidDreamers featured in April Lisa Owens of MidDreamers featured in Aprill at Art Of Toys Fairy Show! This talented artist will be showing thirteen incredible pieces of fairy art for the April show with many already online and more on the Art Of Toys...
by Rehg | Apr 7, 2015 | Blog
Judy Barclift Artist at Art Of Toys Fairy Show Judy Barclift Artist at Art Of Toys Fairy Show creates one of a kind unique Moss Faes in polymer clay. We are so happy to be able to once again share her wonderful creations with you…don’t delay with these...
by Rehg | Mar 13, 2015 | Blog
Wayne Edfors -Creativity Played This month at Art Of Toys in the Sacramento gallery we are celebrating Kaleidoscopes and Wayne Edfors -Creativity Played collection of digital creations is a featured part of this show! artist Wayne Edfors uses technology to create art...
by Rehg | Jan 27, 2015 | Blog
Toy Fair Time Well it is that time of year that Toy Fairs are held all over the world! Art Of Toys attends New York Toy Fair and have a few more on our bucket list. So far from all the videos I have not seen anything to WOW thou the voice activated drone in the video...
by Rehg | Jan 20, 2015 | Blog
Art Of Toys 2015 Schedule Ok here is the official Show Schedule so all you artists that have been waiting I will start accepting submissions IMMEDIATELY! Send photos to arttoyssac@gmail.com even if it is not the exact pieces you want to submit to give me a concept of...
by Rehg | Jan 15, 2015 | Blog
Disney Days Well with all the hub bub of the holidays I just noticed that the Vintage Disney category and site has been wiped out…ow! So the next few days I have designated Disney Days and will be adding new vintage and a lot of premiums from when I worked with...
by Rehg | Jan 10, 2015 | Blog
Many cities across the USA have an official monthly Art Walk…Sacramento, CA where gallery is located has this event the 2nd Saturday of each month no matter what. The city officially acknowledges this event in the Spring and Summer so it really depends on the...
by Rehg | Jan 9, 2015 | Blog
Happy New Year from Art Of Toys Ok it is already 2015 so it is time to get back to blogging … as I look at this I realize that I have not been here since Thanksgiving… sorry tis the season! 2014 was a fun year and we were able to show many exciting artists...
by Rehg | Nov 22, 2014 | Blog
Rain in California…it must be holiday time Oh no it is rain in California (much needed) …it must be holiday time… Next week is Thanksgiving and the holiday rush is on or so the media is dictating to us. Black Friday used to be the first big day of...
by Rehg | Nov 14, 2014 | Blog
This month the gallery is featuring jewelry artists…Lorrain is a visiting artist from our Storybook show is once again here for “Jewels.” Her fun and funky take on Alice in Wonderland, Oz, and even a Darth Vader piece are part of the show. Artist...
by Rehg | Nov 8, 2014 | Blog
This month Art Of Toys is featuring our jewelry artists, so I thought I would share a bit about the artists starting with Lori Kirsch! Jewelry artist Lori Kirsch has a whimsical approach to her elaborate bead, button and toy creations. She uses vintage buttons, beads...
by Rehg | Nov 5, 2014 | Blog
Jewels Art Of Toys is happy to have such talented jewelry artists showing in the month of November in time for holiday gifts! Art Of Toys will feature Margaux Lange, Lorrain Garcia, emiko oye’s Lego jewelry, Lori Riley’s Kaleidoscope Jewelry, Lori Kirsh Assemblage...
by Rehg | Oct 31, 2014 | Blog
Breaking Bad Toys Ok people this has been the big news in “Toys” at Google for the past couple of weeks … if you have not heard the huge media blitz… Breaking Bad toys are action figures based on the TV show Breaking Bad. I have not seen the...
by Rehg | Oct 30, 2014 | Blog
Tis the day before the Trick or Treat holiday of Halloween and the question today is should Halloween art be creepy or cute? Marca Castillo Art Dolls Bash & Calamity I tend to go with a bit of both when looking at art toys but have had some REALLY creepy if not...
by Rehg | Oct 23, 2014 | Blog
As we quickly approach Halloween I thought it would be fun to point out some Creepy Fun Art that some of the Art Of Toys regular artists have on the site! These are not really Halloween only but great all year round! Marca Castillo a favorite from Oregon creates a...
by Rehg | Oct 21, 2014 | Blog
Timeless Toys & Marvin Glass Just found a great reference book this weekend at my favorite used bookstore– Timeless Toys by Tim Walsh. This was published in 2005 but like the title the information is timeless. The time line starts with 1900 but the section I...
by Rehg | Oct 16, 2014 | Blog
What Makes A Treasure? What Makes A Treasure? I believe what is a treasure to one might not be a treasure to all. Have you ever heard the saying “one man’s trash is another treasure”? It is always sad to have to tell someone their cherished toy has no value in...
by Rehg | Oct 10, 2014 | Blog
If you have not signed up for Art Of Toys newsletter now is the time to do it with a new online contest! Art Of Toys sends out a daily feature, a blog recap newsletter and coupons for discounts and cool stuff to all our subscribers and this month all subscribers have...
by Rehg | Oct 7, 2014 | Blog
Preserving It Once you acquire a collectible toy or a piece of art you become its custodian which makes you responsible for its well being. Preserving it should be part of the joy of collecting not a burden. Often we hide our treasures away thinking we are protecting...
by Rehg | Oct 6, 2014 | Blog
Texting a Toy? Have our phones become our only toy? Is texting a toy? Last Saturday I looked out the gallery door to find 6 people sitting in gallery chairs and lawn texting … they were all at it so hard they did not notice me come out and take a photo (thou...
by Rehg | Oct 3, 2014 | Blog
Alister Oliver Loves Cars Alister Oliver loves cars and creates a new perspective with his clever shots of cars and their parts! This month Alister is one of the featured artists at Art Of Toys Car Show… took a few shots of toy cars! Artist Statement:...
by Rehg | Oct 2, 2014 | Blog
Good Art Will Not Match Your Sofa Good Art Will Not Match Your Sofa is a quote from California artist Fred Babb. I LOVE the thought after repping art and having galleries hand me a couch cushion (more than once) to see if I had anything that would match regardless of...
by Rehg | Sep 30, 2014 | Blog
October is Cars at Art Of Toys gallery so I thought I would start off the month with Collecting Toy Cars & Trucks. There are so many toy car manufacturers over the years and many toys are hard to indentify yet this resource lists 250 including Arcade, Hot Wheels,...
by Rehg | Sep 25, 2014 | Blog
Pots and Pans are National Toy Hall Finalists This photo provided by the National Toy Hall of Fame shows the 12 finalists for induction into the 2014 National Toy Hall of Fame.The nominees are Fisher-Price Little People, Hess toy trucks, My Little Pony, Rubikís Cube,...
by Rehg | Sep 24, 2014 | Blog
Outlander Toys Outlander Toys was inspired by the Starz new series, Outlander based on books written by Diane Gabaldon that I am totally addicted to …. living vicariously thru …sad but true. Since the series at this point is more about the adults few toys...
by Rehg | Sep 19, 2014 | Blog
Dan Crowley Custom Puppets This month is Puppets at the gallery and we love to be able to offer custom puppets a special form of art that can be a small sculpture on your desk as well as a working finger puppet. Did you know that the ever talented Dan Crowley will...
by Rehg | Sep 18, 2014 | Blog
Art of Toys Facebook page Infants and Digital Devices Just shared an article from ToyNews to facebook about infants and digital devices. Beyond the Star Trek fans and other Sci-fi aficionados who would believe this would even be a concern say even as little as 10...
by Rehg | Sep 16, 2014 | Blog
Go Collect Go Collect!! “Anyone can collect something; it is hard to collect everything.” Peter Carlson Have you ever started to wonder why people collect? I remember the Collectible Show in Chicago I was walking with a customer when working at...
by Rehg | Sep 12, 2014 | Blog
Crocker-Con was a fun event last night Art Of Toys participated in at the Crocker Art Museum Artmix night! This was a mini version of Comic Con done Sacramento style. It was exciting to see so many young talented artists in the Sacramento area sharing their art and...
by Rehg | Sep 10, 2014 | Blog
Dan Crowley This month the gallery is featuring “Puppets” and one of our favorite artists Dan Crowley! Dan creates whimsical finger puppets that are perfect little sculptures that are pieces of life! He does not name the characters so the collector can...
by Rehg | Sep 9, 2014 | Blog
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 this was published...
by Rehg | Sep 5, 2014 | Blog
Ramp Walkers Ramp Walkers are fun little characters that waddle down a ramp that can be raced or just walk alone. These have been many manufacturers of this traditional toy sometimes found as a folk toy but the big push was with Marx who produced primarily in the...
by Rehg | Sep 4, 2014 | Blog
Holiday Countdown Oh my goodness it is fresh off of Labor Day and we are looking at a Holiday Countdown…I know give you a break but all the fun stuff is starting to come in and I’m like a kid in a toyshop so to speak and must begin to share! Ho ho ho or...
by Rehg | Sep 3, 2014 | Blog
A puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by a puppeteer. It is used in puppetry, which is a very ancient form of theater. There are many different varieties of puppets, and they are made of a wide range of materials, depending...
by Rehg | Sep 2, 2014 | Blog
Steve Ferrera Artist and Puppeteer Steve Ferrera artist and puppeteer is a visiting artist from Berkeley California area who does stop action puppet movies. We are excited to feature a nice selection of his Clan People this month in the gallery… this month is...
by Rehg | Aug 28, 2014 | Blog
Dancing Groot Toy Yes you heard me a Dancing Groot Toy if you don’t know what this is you most likely have yet to see the latest movie from Marvel , Guardians of the Galaxy. Since the release of the movie that is all the toy news has been about! Geez! Well I did...
by Rehg | Aug 27, 2014 | Blog
Kickstarter City Mystic This month in the gallery we are helping to promote some young artists, Virginia Jester and Chris Hopkins Kickstarter City Mystic project and are in the final race to make it. Have you ever wanted to be involved in helping new talent but were...
by Rehg | Aug 26, 2014 | Blog
What Popular Children’s Toy Was Originally Created To Solve Structural Problems? Lego Erector Set Rubik’s Cube Playdoh Answer: The Rubik’s Cube One of the world’s most iconic and best selling toys didn’t begin life as a toy at all. What we now know as the...
by Rehg | Aug 21, 2014 | Blog
Discovering Louis Slobodkin Last night a gentleman came by on his bicycle ran into the gallery and handed me an old children s book as a gift. I had never met the man and was surprised but he said he heard I liked toys and thought I might enjoy the book. Wow it...
by Rehg | Aug 20, 2014 | Blog
Collectors Decorating 2 Yesterday I re-addressed the discussion of decorating with your collections and today I will expand on this limitless topic of collectors decorating! One of the easiest decorating tricks is too incorporate your collection into another. A...
by Rehg | Aug 19, 2014 | Blog
Collector’s Decorating 1 I love to see how different collectors include their collections in their home, especially when the collection becomes a feature component or is the decoration. Nothing is worse when I hear the collection is stored in a box under the bed...
