By Marlene Xenis

Bradner, BC - Only 2 weeks to go and we could really use your support to make sure our Kickstarter campaign is a big success.

• Kickstarter is a crowdfunding platform that gives businesses, small startups and individuals the opportunity to raise money for new projects and designs.

• You can only make “One” Pledge per Project. So if you are interested in more than one reward you will need to contact us directly so we can make arrangements to ensure you receive all the rewards you are interested in

• Money pledged for rewards will be debited from your credit card on the completion date of the project (June 30, 2015). The “Reward” pledged for will be shipped out on the date indicated in the project.

• We are hoping to go well over the goal we set for ourselves in order to make our project really successful and hopefully purchase a 3D Scanner so we can offer our collectors more diversified sizes of our wood characters.

• We have many Rewards at very reasonable prices, not all of them are dolls.... We have coloring posters, a custom jigsaw puzzle, aprons and tote bags screen printed with our Pinocchio and Geppetto.  These make wonderful gifts and will be ready to ship in August or September 2015 in time for the Christmas season.

By Marlene Xenis 

Oh Happy Day! We are so pleased to tell everyone, we have reached our goal! Everyone who has pledged so far will be receiving the reward they pledged for.

For those of you who have received our previous emails you will know what I am talking about for those of you who did not I will briefly explain.  On May 1st, 2015 we launched our "Pinocchio Project" on Kickstarter and so far it has been a very successful campaign. For more information on the Kickstarter program read article here.

We still have until June 30th, 2015 and hopeful we will keep on going as we have some great ideas for several other designs we are working on. We would like to raise enough to purchase a 3D Scanner, so we can offer our collectors and supporters more diversification in the size of dolls and character pieces we produce.

To encourage our collectors to support our project we came up with an incentive that may be of interest to some of you.  

For anyone who makes a pledge on our 'Pinocchio Project' we will offer a 40% discount on any other designs not featured on the project.  That means our character pieces, 'Einstein' , 'Red Skelton', 'Mark Twain', etc. would be $ 2,160.00  or how about one of our new designs 'Jack & the Beanstock', 'Beauty & the Beast', 'Hansel & Gretel' or 'Sleeping Beauty' plus a new 'Pippi Longstocking goes to Sea' at a 40% savings!!

These are just a few we are working on and would like to have them finished and available for this Christmas season.

To help us get there. Take a look at our website at www.xenis.com and click on the link to our 'Pinocchio Project' and make a pledge... anywhere from $2.00 and up!

Thank you for your support,

Marlene 
Xenis Gallery
28221 Starr Road
Abbotsford, B.C.
Canada, V4X 2C5
Phone:  (604) 856-9613
www.xenis.com
[email protected]

By Marlene Xenis

As we have been asked by several of our friends and collectors how Kickstarter works I thought I should send information explaining just what Kickstarter is and how it works:

• Kickstarter is a crowdfunding platform that gives businesses, small startups and individuals the opportunity to raise money for new projects and designs
• You can only make “One” Pledge per Project.  So if you are interested in more than one reward you will need to contact us directly so we can make arrangement to ensure you receive all the rewards you are interested in  
• Money pledged for rewards will be debited from your credit card on the completion date of the project (June 30, 2015).  The “Reward” pledged for will be shipped out on the date indicated in the project 
• We are hoping to go well over the goal we set for ourselves in order to make our project really successful and  hopefully purchase a 3D Scanner so we can offer our collectors more diversified sizes of our wood characters.
• We have many Rewards at very reasonable prices, not all of them are dolls… We have colouring posters, a custom jigsaw puzzle, aprons & tote bags screen printed with our Pinocchio and Geppetto. These make wonderful gifts and will be ready to ship in August or September 2015 in time for the Christmas season

You can access our “Pinocchio Project” through the link on our website at www.xenis.com or visit our Kickstarter campaign here.

If you can, please make a pledge for one of our Rewards, we need all the support we can get.

By D. DeForte

DESIGN STUDIO USES THE KICKSTARTER PLATFORM TO BREATHE LIFE INTO DREAM OF PRODUCING MUSEUM-QUALITY WOODEN CHARACTERS AT AFFORDABLE PRICES

Vancouver, BC – (May 1, 2015)  The Xenis Gallery, an artist design studio that creates hand-carved wooden characters so exquisite that each piece is considered a stunning work of art, announced the launch of their Kickstarter campaign, The Pinocchio Project, with the idea of bringing their two new 10-1/2” wooden Pinocchio characters to life at affordable prices.

The studio was founded in 1995 by Bradner resident Marlene Xenis, who was later joined by her two daughters, Tania and Jesse, and a team of highly skilled artisans.  Hand-carved out of a variety of woods including Canadian Maple, the Xenis team has turned their love for the arts into unique, eye catching, collectible characters. But times have changed, and this talented design team has taken notice. “We are a small studio struggling to survive in a world geared to mass production,” notes Marlene. “It is our dream to create a new Pinocchio that maintains our high quality standards, yet affordable so that more can share in the joy of owning a finely crafted wood character.” 

Xenis believes that people are looking for designer products with an artisan-quality, rather than the plastic replicas found at mass retailers.  The studio sources components for their wooden characters from around the world and bring them back to their studios outside of Vancouver to be assembled and given their final, artistic touches, making each assembled piece a true work of art, meant to be enjoyed for years to come. Xenis has cut costs by dealing directly with a wood manufacturer in Italy, whose high-quality standards match theirs, cutting out the middleman, but not compromising design integrity.

Xenis is asking for support to raise funds for The Pinocchio Project to assist them in bringing these loveable characters to life from a single block of wood. Based on the level of funding, backers are guaranteed something special from Xenis.  The Pinocchio Project launched on Kickstarter May 1, 2015 and will end June 30, 2015.  

Visit our page to learn more and to offer your support. 

Marlene Xenis
28221 Starr Road
Abbotsford, B.C.
[email protected] 
xenis.com
Kickstarter