Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Jul 24
Nineteenth Century Swallow Shrine
I spent last weekend assembling the base components for three more shrines, and today I finished decorating one of them. I was originally going to have three shelves inside, each with something on it, but instead I experimented with multi-layered collage. In the far background is a piece of a landscape. Originally I painted it …
Jul 17
Encaustic adventures
Every time I see a new artistic technique or medium I have the urge to try it. Such it is with encaustic, using colored wax. I thought this would be a fun project to do with my children, becasue for the pigment we used crayons, and who doesn’t like crayons? Since we were experimenting, the …
Jul 13
Finished Mural!
I’m so happy the mural is finally done, and I got the scaffold out of our foyer. Painting the overglaze was the most difficult part of the entire process. I was able to do some of it from the hall on the second floor, but then on the middle part I realized I needed a …
Jul 12
Mural Progress
This is the project I’m currently working on. It’s pushed my other projects to the side, so I’m in a hurry to finish it. I had to take a break when we went on vacation, but now I’m home again and I can see the final stretch. You can see updates of the progress here. …
Jul 01
First Stained Glass Panel
I took a stained glass class at a local shop, and this is what I created. I’d never done stained glass before, though always figured I’d try my hand at it some day. I have a picture window that really cries out for a large stained glass panel. Of course I have to make it …