FATHER CHRISTMAS Doll by XENIS - Rare 2007 Santa - NEW! 

Xenis is the creator behind some of the world’s most beautiful wooden dolls. The dolls started in 1994 by Marlene Xenis who, in the first years, worked from the basement of her home. Marlene was later joined by her two daughters along with a team of highly skilled artists. They moved to a beautiful studio in a small town just outside of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada.

Hand made out of Canadian maple, the artists have turned their love for the arts into unique, eye-catching characters.

There are many steps involved to create these designs. Each doll goes through sketched concept idea, followed by sculpting the head, hands and feet, making molds and then casting these parts in a solid resin. Once they have the resin parts, they use these as molds for carving. They harvest the wood from British Columbia using only the finest quality Western Maple. The wooden parts are very crude once carved and have to be detailed by hand using chisels and rotary carving tools. The parts are then sanded to a very fine finish, wood sealed and hand painted or stained depending on the look needed. The clothing is tailored to fit each character using, whenever possible, only organic fabrics (wool, linens, silks and cottons).