Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Mar 22
48 Birds #2: “There were facts about ravens she didn’t want the others to know.”
This was a learning experience. Once again I started with watercolor paper, and wrote on it with a calligraphy dip pen. I wrote “There were facts about ravens she didn’t want the others to know.” Once again it became quickly apparent that plain writing on a white background is BORING. When I’d finished with the …
Mar 19
Art Journal…Done!
This is the last set of pages of my art journal. I was thinking about whether to work on my last entry in my art journal, or whether to start the collage project, and I ended up doing both. First I started writing out in ink ideas about what I wanted to try. This was both …
Mar 15
48 Birds #1: The songbird that teaches
I have been wanting to embark on a collage project. That is to say, I want to start practicing in earnest to become a better mixed media artist. I had a theme in mind: 99 Ravens. I like pictures with ravens, after all, so why not do a series of mixed media with that as …
Mar 12
Fifteen little books
 This is part of what I’ve been working on the last two weeks. I’ve felt irresponsible not posting anything, but this is the first time I’ve had something even remotely finished. I also have a lot of pottery that will come out of the kiln in a week and a half.
Mar 07
Slight, Ingrain, Jaunt, Mirage, Blink
 Last batch of test tiles. Slight: plume over Stephen Hill Yellow Ingrain: desert varnish over Steven Hill Yellow Jaunt: algae moss over stoneware blue Mirage: plume over stoneware blue Blink: desert varnish over stoneware blue