Our Toy Story

Duarte PaperArt is a family-owned company based out of Sacramento, California. Our building toys are easy to build, and they are 100% made in the USA. We have developed our toys with sustainability in mind, and we use vegetable inks and recycled paper for the manufacturing of all our products. Duarte PaperArt was created in February 2011 by Fernando Duarte, a Colombian-American artist with an extensive background in design and current executive director. For over 18 years, artist Fernando Duarte has been developing a new approach to paper sculptures and toys that can be enjoyed equally by children and adults. Being a father inspired him to create designs that merge art, science, and engineering, while embracing the infinite possibilities that paper, as a sustainable resource, can offer to us. Today, Duarte PaperArt is a joint project of the Duarte-Bilbao family’s vision.