Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Sep 06
Poppy Seedpods and Buds
These are the seedpods and buds that I made for my tile mosaic project. To make the seedpods, I rolled out a cone and indented it to show where the inner seed capsules had dried and shrunk in on themselves. then I added a disk at the top, incised with lines to look like the …
Sep 03
Poppy Stems
These are the stems of the poppies I made for my number plaque tile mosiac project. They aren’t very interesting, but they are necessary. I made them by extruding clay through a clay gun using the triple-circle die. I made more than I needed, because I’m not sure what shapes and sizes I’m going to …
Aug 31
Poppy Leaves
This is another set of tiles I made for my number plaque mosaic project. These were harder to make. I rolled out slabs of 1/4 inch cone 06 clay, and then used a razor blade to cut around the leaf shapes. Poppy leaves are deeply lobed, which makes them a difficult shape to reproduce, not …
Aug 28
Poppy Tiles
I have a plan to make a number plaque, and I wanted it to be more than just functional, I want it to be beautiful. I decided upon poppies as an appropriate botanical motif. I sketched it out, and my design will fit about five poppy flowers on it. These are the tiles I made. …
Aug 25
Rabbit Orchid Pot
Here’s the second terracotta orchid pot that I glazed. For this one, I decided to use a rabbit, because I wanted to use the brown slip. The texture on the rim of the pot is also due to the slip. Although the green (It looks green on white clay) glaze I used for the rim …