Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Dec 17
Mermaid Mask Book
 Fellow artist Jane Cheek gave me some fabric dyes, and I decided to try them out on a book cover. I started out with a calico that had spiral patterns on it. After all, using just plain fabric wouldn’t be much of a change over using paper. Some of the fabric dyes stain just …
Dec 13
Cobalt-Fish Scale Porcelain Bowl
This is my favorite of the traditional Japanese designs I use on pottery. Because of the way that the design has to change in order to fit inside the bowl, it never turns out the same way twice. I love hex-based designs as well, but when you do hexagonal designs on a curved surface, it …
Dec 11
Gloom Cookies
I saw these on a comic, and thought that they were just about the funniest things I’d seen, so I had to make some for my friend Jessica, who has a black sense of humor (like me!) As for the technique, they are “icebox cookies” from the Joy of Cooking cookbook, with Pillsbury vanilla frosting …
Dec 07
Un-Red bowl
This bowl had the same problem as the other one. It turned a strange color on the inside, which must have meant that I put a second glaze coat on it, but I don’t remember doing so. At least you can see the stamps along the rim.
Dec 04
Aubergine–fixed!
I worked on a cap for the violet glass ornament whose hook broke off. It took two tries, but I managed to get a cap for it. I used wire and beads and crimp beads to make a hook that would stay inside the hole. Now it’s not the useless broken one anymore, but a …