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We are located in
the high mountains of east central Nevada near the Great Basin
National Park. Our workshop is 15 miles east of the junction of
highways 93 and 6 & 50. We are 45 miles east of Ely, 20 miles
west of Baker and about 5 hours north of Las Vegas, 6 hours east
of Reno, 3 hours south of Elko, and 4 hours west of Salt Lake.
Please call for directions and an
appointment if you’d like to visit our shop!
D Bar X
Enterprises, LLC
D Bar X
Lighting & Home Accessories -
Horns~A~Plenty Antler Art
HC64 Box 64500
• Hwy 50 Sacramento Pass • Ely, Nevada • 89301-9001
Toll Free
Phone: 800-467-6599 • Toll Free Fax: 800-814-4710
Local Phone:
775-234-7107 • Local Fax: 775-234-7126
www.dbarxlighting.com •
www.horns-a-plenty.com •
e-mail
Office Hours:
By appointment only.
ABOUT US...
Pat Fillman began making antler art in 1993
when he and his wife Kristi lived in Ely, Nevada. At that time, Pat had a whole
pile of antlers in the garage that he and his friends had gathered in the
mountains near town. He saw an antler chandelier made by another artist when he
went to a convention in Las Vegas and decided to try to make his own.
It wasn't as easy as he thought, however. It
took more than a year to come up with designs that were strong, symmetrical, and
beautiful and to find suppliers for specialized lighting parts. Meanwhile, they
moved to Phoenix and continued to work full-time at other jobs while Pat made
and sold antler art after work and on the weekends.
Eventually, the business had grown so much that
Pat couldn't keep up with both jobs any more and in March 1995 he decided to go
into antler art full-time. The business expanded even more quickly after that,
and soon Kristi left her career and assumed the role of office manager. Pat's
work was featured in the Arizona Republic in March 1998 and ABC News 15 in
Phoenix also did a short news program about his work in July 1998. Since then
numerous other magazines have highlighted Pat's products including Log Home
Design Ideas, Log Home Living, Estates West, and Nevada Magazine.
In July 1998, after five years in the Phoenix
area, the Fillmans moved the business back to their hometown of Ely, Nevada
which is located in the high mountains of east central Nevada. They now live and
work at the historic D Bar X Ranch 45 miles east of Ely which is about 5 hours
north of Las Vegas, 6 hours east of Reno, 3 hours south of Elko, and 4 hours
west of Salt Lake.
The Fillmans run ads in regional and national
magazines, and they display their work at shows throughout the West. They've
shipped antler art to customers across the country, to Canada, Spain, England
and they've even heard of them going as far away as Japan! The largest
chandelier Pat ever made was
10-foot diameter by 12-foot tall antler
chandelier with 67 lights that went in a home in June Lake, California. It had to be assembled on-site because it was too large to be
shipped by freight truck!
In 1998, Pat Fillman, owner of Horns-A-Plenty
Antler Art began creating new product lines and marketing them under the name D
Bar X Lighting & Home Accessories. Items handcrafted by Pat include wagon wheel
chandeliers, lantern wall sconces, and mica shades. Rawhide shades and
chandelier hoists are also available.
In 2005 the Fillman's were
happy to donate a wagon wheel chandelier for the Barrett Home
Makeover (Episode #303) of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition." The Fillman's are also proud to support the wildlife
conservation efforts of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation,
Safari Club International, the Federation for North American
Wild Sheep, the National Wild Turkey Federation, and the Mule
Deer Foundation. They also support the local 4-H Clubs and the
National Rifle Association.
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