Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Oct 23
Colored Swallow Book
I made this cover by collaging different colored papers,t hen layering over it with painted paper towel, all adhered together with acrylic medium. After I had a bright background, I printed on it with block printing ink and my favorite swallow linoblock that I’ve been using for just about everything. It doesn’t have end papers, …
Oct 19
Blackberry Tile
This is one of the tiles I have up at my etsy shop. I did it about two years ago, along with most of my other tiles. It took a long time to make these tiles, because I had to pound the clay flat by hand, using a special mallet. I got pretty good at …
Oct 16
Five of Cups Book
This book cover was one of those that seemed like it wasn’t going well up until the point it was finished. Sometimes failure makes for a better outcome, as I keep trying new things, adding more and more until the end result works. The inside of the book is one of my handmade book blanks, …
Oct 13
Nubian Dominoes Book
This book is hand-bound, like my others, approx 3 1/2 inches by 4 1/4 inches tall, and about 1/2 inch thick. I took a picture of the cover before I attached it to the book blank, to show what the image looked like in full. I started with a piece of beige cotton, then layered photocopies …
Oct 08
King of Pentacles
I had planned to do a whole series of these tiles, based on the tarot. I love tarot symbolism and imagery. I spent a lot of time pounding out the clay into flat slabs, cutting it to size, and then (hardest of all) trailing stained slip freehand from a bottle. I tried to fire them …