Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Apr 02
Wall Mosaic 1: Girl with Scythe
This is one of the wall murals I made. I’m very happy with how they turned out. My only concern is that, because they are not fired vitreous, they might not withstand freezing. Fortunately, we get very little freezing here. I made the middle mural about four years ago, using a renaissance painting as a …
Mar 30
Poppies
This is a picture of my front yard. We used to have a lawn, but I killed it because I hate Bermuda grass with a furious passionate loathing. In the summer, I let it go dead, but in the winter, I have a vegetable garden and I overseed with flowers. Last year I threw down …
Mar 27
Inkwell
I made this core-formed vessel especially shallow so that I could have something completely vitreous to use as an inkwell. I like how the turquoise and ivory colored glass work with each other. The inside still has rust from the steel wool used as the form, and I haven’t been able to clean it all …
Mar 24
Carp Tile
This is a technique that I came up with to provide a raised surface design without the fuss of jacquard bottles and slip. First I used a linoblock and cut a fish into it, trying to make it a simple line drawing as much as possible. Then I rolled out a slap about a quarter …
Mar 21
Swallow Tile
This was another experiment with the Duncan “French Impressions” glaze that I just bought. I’m not very proud of it, as one of the birds looks deformed. Thought I’d post it anyway, as a…as a warning or something. Maybe it will look fine from a distance.