Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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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 …
Oct 06
Swallow collage
Here’s another collage in the series I did. When I decided that the first one needed help, I set about cutting linoblocks. I’ve cut three so far, all of birds, and I have three others that need to be cut. No problem collaging on the slightly rough gessoed surface, so that’s good. I’ve gotten more …