Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Nov 06
Bronze Book
This was actually a book cover that I had started this spring, but had to leave unfinished on the shelf because I ran out of book blanks. Once I made more book blanks, I got it out to finish up. I started with a printed calico, which I washed over with violet and black. You …
Nov 04
Black Cat Book
This was one of a series of books I made recently. I started by taking some ironed sheets of thin cotton cloth. I used a marbled paper technique wherein dye is laid on top of a bed of shaving cream, only instead of using food coloring or alcohol based inks, I used some leftover fabric …
Nov 02
Bottlecaps 4
My favorite, of course, is the red one with the K in it. I also like how random the gold leaf turned out, and the familiarity of the watch buckle. Might see more watch parts, as we have quite a few broken watches and watch bands around here.
Oct 31
Bottlecaps 3
I finally got the resin working right in these. I managed to get some disposable graduated mixing cups from my dad, and when I scrupulously measured each part, it cured properly. I tried very hard to make the suspended doo-dads within the resin match the background. I particularly like the small mirror and the piece …
Oct 28
Bottlecaps 2
These bottlecaps were also thrown away because of a problem with improperly mixed resin. Pouring new resin on top of the uncured resin does not solve the problem. At least I have plenty of bottlecaps left.