Deer Antler Light Fixtures

Fixtures made from antler can come in all sort of forms of art. These lighting fixtures include antler chandeliers and lamps. They are highly prized pieces of art that come with a price. However, if you are looking for a one of a kind piece of beauty to compliment your home - a deer antler chandelier or light fixture may be exactly what you are looking for.

Deer antler has been prized by humans for a very long time now - or any antler for that sense. Because of how tough the calcium in bone becomes, the deer antler has been used by all sorts of hunters for tools and weapons. Back in those days an antler was about as good as it got for materials to work with.

The deer family is actually a decently large class. They include all sorts of species on different countries, as a matter of fact I seems as though they are present in almost every continent. For now we will simply talk about North America. In north America, the main antler products are used from animals such as the white tailed deer, the elk, the moose, mule deer antler, and the caribou. All of the species of deer have had their antlers made into all sort of useful products. If you go up to the mountains such as Helen, Georgia, you will begin to realize what I am talking about. There are things made out of antler that you have never seen before. They have doors with the handles made out of antler along with lots of mounted horns.

As I mentioned earlier, the deer family has quite a large number of species included in it. The elk antler is one of the most majestic and awe inspiring pieces of antler in North America and it is one of the most sought after game animals also. People make all kinds of lighting fixtures from elk antlers along with antler reproduction and cast antler chandeliers. If you have no idea what the elk looks like then I will provide an example. As you can see from the picture, the horns are quite enormous - this should increase the overallimagery about what a chandelier made from this material would look like. So the next question you must be asking yourself is how much a chandelier made from elk antler might cost? This is a very good question though. From looking on the web I found that prices on such antler lighting fixtures ranged from $1500-$6000 large. That is a lot of money, but then again, I don't think that anybody looking for something this amazing would be expected it to be cheap.

Besides the whitetail, the moose is another animal whose horns are used to make chandeliers. Now note that these chandeliers are by far the coolest. I just think that the palmate structure and mass of the moose's antlers are an amazing feature. I believe that I once heard that a set of antlers can weigh around eighty pounds! That's a lot of cargo to be catying around all of the time. I bet that a moose's neck must be able to lift a normal sized car. Anyways, most people who purchase antler chandeliers for their homes have either a lodge or a cabin of some type. They are also very common in log cabins as well. These kinds of lighting fixtures bring a lot to a home and bring even more ambiance. However these antlers come at a price as well. Most chandeliers from moose antler will be around 3 to 4 thousand dollars. Like I said earlier - someone who wants one of these is probably not worried too much about the price. These moose antler chandeliers can be anywhere form three to five feet tall as well.