Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Dec 14
Poppy Plate 3
I think I may not use this technique again, even though I enjoyed this project. I found the lack of color palette frustrating, however. I really wanted a bright poppy red for the flowers, and one was unavailable. Red often is unpredictable, no matter what medium. The main reason, however, is that it needs a …
Dec 12
Poppy Plate 2
To get a decent line for the slip, we needed a dark colored clay. I already knew that slips didn’t turn out well if you fired them to cone ten, so I bought a bag of cone 06 terracotta clay called “Ward’s Red.” I’ve never used this clay before, but I was assured that it …
Dec 11
Review: Robert Ballard’s Lusitania
Exploring the Lusitania: Probing the Mysteries of the Sinking That Changed History by Robert D. Ballard Ever have a piece of grade A prime beef made into a passable hamburger? Yeah, that’s what this book was like. I wanted it to be fantastic. I have a morbid obsession with maritime tragedies, and the late 19th/early …
Dec 10
Book Reviews?
Hello Reader! I need your advice. You. Yes you. Why? Because I don’t have enough funny stories to keep this blog rolling. I need something else. Book reviews. What? Why? Because I like book reviews, that’s why! Also because goodreads is kinda pissing me off these days with their spamalot of “so-and-so added such-and-such to …
Dec 10
Poppy Plate 1
My friend Gabrielle brought a magazine into our pottery class with an interesting technique in which the potter painted flowers on white slip using different hues of tinted slips. I decided to try it out. Since we had a myriad of greens, the obvious choice for subject matter was botanical.