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contact name: THE WICKER WOMAN
phone: 218-666-6189

mailing address:
1250 Hwy 25
Angora MN 55703

Pseudonym: The Wicker Woman

Related Organizations:
MEMBER OF:
National Basketmakers Organization
Minnesota Artists Organization
American Crafts Council
Minnesota Basket Weavers Guild
Headwaters Basketry Guild
North Carolina Basketmakers Association
Association of Michigan Basketweavers
Iowa Basket Makers Guild
TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES:

The SeatWeavers' Guild, Nelsonville, OH
North House Folk School, Grand Marais, MN
Headwaters Basketry Workshop, Bemidji, MN
Weavin' In Winona, Basketry Workshop, Winona, MN
Southern Minnesota Basketry Workshop, Faribault, MN
Lake Country Basket Fest, Pewaukee, WI
Woodlanders Gathering, Mineral Point, WI
East Troy Basketry Shop, East Troy, WI
Oklahoma Basket Weaver's Weekend, Guthrie, OK
Winter Weave, Basketry Workshop, Mentor, OH
Silver Dollar City Basketry Seminar, Branson, MO
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC

Cathryn Peters is a self-taught, full-time wicker restoration specialist and antler basketmaker, working in the basketry and wicker restoration fiber field since 1975. Her fields of expertise are in wicker furniture restoration, seat weaving of all kinds and antler basketmaking.
For over 30 years, Cathryn has served as a consultant for the antique wicker furniture industry, and is also a national basketry and seat weaving workshop leader, basket pattern author, writer and speaker.
For 11 years Cathryn owned and operated THE WICKER WOMAN, a retail storefront business in Zumbro Falls, MN, and has now relocated to northeastern Minnesota. In 2002 Cathryn sold her weaving studio building, (but not the business or name), and moved to Angora, MN, near Cook.
She has now semi-retired, after over 30-years in the wicker furniture industry and has significantly reduced the amount of wicker restoration projects she's undertaking. She devotes her time to teaching and writing about basketry, wicker restoration and seat weaving. And markets her one-of-a-kind, original design, deer antler basketry through art galleries, exhibitions and through her website.
WickerWoman.com, online since 1999, features Cathryn's antler basket sculptures as well as providing free resources and information for antique wicker furniture lovers, seatweavers and basketmakers alike.
At the website you can purchase Cathryn's antler baskets and antler basket patterns; get all your questions about chair caning and wicker furniture answered on the Wicker & Cane FAQ page and Articles page; purchase cane and basket materials through the Cane & Basket Suppliers tab; and find experts to repair your furniture through the Furniture Repair Directory!
Antler Basket Sculptures are currently represented at:
Waters of Superior, Duluth, MN

Antler Basket Mentor/Region 2 Arts Council/McKnight Foundation, 2009

Fellowship Grant, Arrowhead Regional Arts Council (ARAC)/McKnight Foundation, 2005
Career Development Grant, Arrowhead Regional Arts Council (ARAC)/McKnight Foundation, 2004
Chair Seatweaving Mentor, MN Folk Art Apprenticeship Grant Recipient 2000
Honorable Mention, Fiber Exhibition, Whitewater, WI 1992
Scholorship-Split Rock Arts Program, Duluth, MN 1991

Antlers and Landscapes, Two-Artist Show, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN 2004
Birch the Giving Tree, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN 2003
Baskets 2002: New Perspectives on an Ancient Tradition, Guilford Handcraft Center Gallery, Guilford, CT 2002
A Celebration of American Basketry, Juried exhibition Amana, Iowa 2001
Contemporary Basket Exhibition, Invitational, Houston Center of Contemporary Crafts, 2001
Southeastern Minnesota Regional Art Exhibition, Juried, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN 2001
57th Annual Juried Exhibiton, Upper Midwest, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux city, IA 2000
A Basket Is, National Invitational Exhibition, Plymouth Art Foundation, Plymouth, WI 1997
Basketmaking: Past and Present, Juried Group Traveling Exhibit, Iowa Basekt Weavers Guild, 1992
Quilts and Baskets, Juried, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 1992
Exploration: MN Deer Antler Basketry, Solo, Lutheran Brotherhood Gallery, Minneapolis, 1992
Small Expressions '91, Juried International Exhibition, Handweavers Guild of America, Eugene, OR 1991

Several private party collections

Kah Nee Tah Gallery, Lutsen, MN
MacRostie Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MN
Waters of Superior, Duluth, MN
Bare Bones Studio, Ely, MN
Jacques Art Center, Aitkin, MN
Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT
Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
SEMVA Art Gallery, Rochester, MN
Houston Center for Contemporary Crafts, Houston, TX
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
Plymouth Art Foundation, Plymouth, WI
Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Lutheran Brotherhood Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
MN Artists Organization, Online, 2003-Present

"WICKER WOMAN'S WEAVINGS" Monthly Online Ezine by Cathryn Peters, 1999-2005
"MALONEY'S ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES RESOUCE DIRECTORY", 7th Edition, by Dave Maloney
"HOMEMADE MONEY--STARTING SMART" by Barbara Brabec, 2003
"HOMEMADE MONEY--BRINGING IN THE BUCKS!" by Barbara Brabec, 2003
"6 STEPS TO FREE PUBLICITY" by Marcia Yudkin, 2003
"HOME MADE FOR PROFIT!" by Barbara Brabec, 2002
"101 HOME-BASED BUSINESSES FOR WOMEN" by Priscilla Y. Huff, 2002
FINISHING & RESTORATION magazine, "The ABCs of Wicker Furniture," by Cathryn Peters October 2002
THE CRAFTS REPORT magazine, "Basketry Insight," August 2001, by Cathryn Peters
"SMALL TOWN MINESOTA FROM A-Z," by Tony Andersen 2000
"PRICING GUIDELINES FOR YOUR ARTS & CRAFTS," by Sylvia Landman, 2000
"YELLOW PAGES"-Antique Restoration Specialists, by Ralph & Terry Kovel, 2000
"SPLINT WOVEN BASKETRY," by Robin Taylor Daugherty 1999
"BASKET BITS," Featured Artist Articles 1996, 2001, 2002
"THE OLD TIMES NEWSPAPER" Monthly Antique Wicker Furniture Column by Cathryn Peters 1993-1994
"BASKETRY ROUND UP #2," by Shereen LaPlantz 1991
"BASKETMAKER" magazine, 1990, article by Cathryn Peters

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
Vancouver, WA

Gender:
Female

Active Place:
Angora, MN

Minnesota County:
Saint Louis

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