Antler Basket Sculptures by WI Artist Cathryn Peters

Award-winning, original design antler baskets, contemporary free-form antler basket sculptures, and antler wall art are handwoven by Wisconsin basketmaker artist Cathryn Peters.

Sentinel Antler Basket Triad, three balloon shaped antler basket sculptures with three types of antlers, woven in a variety of colors and materials ©Cathryn Peters
Sentinel Antler Basket Triad
"Balancing Act" Red Deer Antler Basket and Bulrush Sculpture by Cathryn Peters
Balancing Act
"Surrounding Love" Fallow Deer Antler Basket Sculpture by Cathryn Peters
Surrounding Love

Antler Baskets Proudly American-Made

By the time Cathryn designed and wove her first antler melon basket in 1990, she already had 15 years of weaving experience in traditional basketry, chair caning, and wicker furniture restoration.

So, antler basketmaking was a natural progression, bringing her well-practiced skills and creative instincts together in a new form of artistic expression.

Since then, Cathryn has created one-of-a-kind antler baskets, contemporary antler art sculptures, and antler basket wall art, each an original design.

Her rib-style pieces bring natural texture and sculptural beauty to a home, cabin, or office and make distinctive gifts for art collectors and nature lovers.

Guided by her sense of shape, color, and texture, Cathryn blends the masculine antler with the feminine vessel form. Each piece grows from the antler’s individual contours, inspiring a woven sculpture with its own character.

"First Attempt" was the first original design deer antler basket that Cathryn Peters created in 1990.
“First Attempt” Antler Egg Basket

Asian Warrior Antler Wall Basket-Sculpture
“Asian Emperor Warrior” Antler Basket Wall Sculpture

"Yin-Yang II" Antler Basket Wall Sculpture by Cathryn Peters
“Yin-Yang II” Antler Basket Wall Sculpture

Woven Antler Basket Sculptures Just for You!

Cathryn’s natural, organic woven antler art has been featured in The Crafts Report, Basket Bits, and Basketmaker magazines as well as the 1999 reprint edition of Splint Woven Basketry by Robin Taylor Daugherty.

Her antler basket sculptures are also in many private collections, regional and national galleries, online juried exhibitions and shows, and gallery exhibitions.

We’re sure you’ll agree these antler basket art pieces are a perfect fit for any decor, adaptable to either a rustic cabin, contemporary home, or corporate office as the perfect decorating accessory or gift.

Click here for Cathryn’s artist statement about her passion for antler basketweaving.

Please visit her new art site at CathrynPeters.com

Cathryn Peters weaving an antler basket sculpture in her wicker weaving studio, Hudson, WI.

Moose antler basket sculpture by Cathryn Peters sitting in the snow.
Fireside Moose
The Guardian, antler basket sculpture by Cathryn Peters
The Guardian
"Joe's Trophy" antler wall pocket basket by Cathryn Peters.
Joe’s Trophy
Fallow Deer Antler Basket Wall Sculpture, Nature's Influence, woven by Cathryn Peters
Nature’s Influence
Whitetail deer antler sculpture, Tines Sitting Pretty, woven by Cathryn Peters, with smoked rattan reed, seagrass and copper weavers.
Tines Sitting Pretty
Sentinel Antler Basket Triad, three balloon shaped antler basket sculptures with three types of antlers, woven in a variety of colors and materials by Cathryn Peters.
Sentinel Antler Basket Triad
Midnight Antler Shed Wall Sculpture, woven by Cathryn Peters, features a large naturally shed whitetail deer antler circled by grey novelty yarn, and natural and dyed round rattan reed.
Midnight Antler Shed
"Primal Trappings" antler basket sculpture by Cathryn Peters made with a red deer antler spike, Danish cord, knubby multi-colored yarn on an ash live-edge base.
Primal Trappings

Antler Basket Weaving Process

A variety of naturally shed and harvested deer, moose, reindeer, and elk antlers are used in each one of Cathryn’s antler basket sculptures.

The antler is an integral component, serving either as the handle or focal point of all her creations. Each antler tells its story and “speaks” to her, suggesting the form it wants to take.

Sustainable materials such as cattail leaves, sweetgrass, birch bark, wild willow, diamond willow, willow bark, lichen, moss, pine cones, tamarack branches and cones, and red osier dogwood are gathered respectfully by Cathryn and incorporated into her baskets along with commercially processed imported rattan reed.

Handwoven Original Design Antler Baskets by Commission or Purchase

If you’d like to place an order for a custom-designed antler basket to fit your home or office, or to see pieces available for purchase, please visit my new art site at CathrynPeters.com

We’re delighted you stopped to visit the antler basket page of WickerWoman.com! Come back again soon to see the variety of new antler basket art sculptures woven by Wisconsin (formerly Minnesota) antler basketmaker, Cathryn Peters.

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