Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Oct 24
Spoon Rest 2 – Fancy Keyhole
I made a lot of test tiles this session, not so much because I wanted to test glazes ( I pretty much knew what I wanted to do) but because I had given so many of these away as spoon rests that I had run out. These are more fun than usual ones, because they …
Oct 21
Gingerbread House Cover
The photo at the bottom is the original cover for this pair of short stories that I published last year. The stories are both horror + comedy, a sub-genre I’ve had some success with. I chose the close up of the stock because I just wanted a photo (that I owned the rights to) that …
Oct 17
Spoon rest 1 – keyhole
This is a test tile that I actually used as a test tile, that is, to try out the glaze I thought I wanted on my cups. Yup. This is the glaze as expected. I prefer predictable glazes. No crystals, no weird color patterns. Just something nice and predictable. By far my most commonly used …
Oct 14
Spoon Rest – Fancy Keyhole 2
I hadn’t photographed these yet, but I was doing a project with clay (which you’ll see later) and I had to mix lots of dried clay and reconstitute it. I had clay sludge everywhere. I needed a spoon rest for the big plastic spoon I was using to mix, and set it on this. When …
Oct 10
Smiley Ball Summer 2013 – B
All of the smiley balls are meant to look as though they are ecstatically happy. Sometimes, this makes them look like old men with no teeth. The best one I made looks like a grinning baby. Somehow, I haven’t managed to replicate that.