Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
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Feb 27
Ace of Pentacles Tile
Finally got my kiln working, and was able to glaze some of the tiles I’d made last year (or was it two years ago?) I had the idea of basing some tiles off of the Tarot, because Tarot cards are defined enough to provide concrete parameters, yet still have room for personal interpretation. I doubt …
Feb 21
Bellisima Book
For this book cover, I started with orange printed calico over paper, and again did Rorschach-like blobs of black gesso on it. I wanted to try a photo transfer onto colored paper, so I chose a blue square with brown seedpods printed on it. The transfer worked fairlywell, and I glued it to the orange …
Feb 15
Poem Book
I began this book by putting black gesso on to some printed calico in what I hoped were random patches. Once that was done, a book on photo transfers inspired me to attempt to transfer a photo. I found a photo of a landscape, and transferred it onto the cloth using a thin layer of …