Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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May 30
Scribo Crow Book
This book has endpapers that resemble shiny aubergine colored cloth. Its cover has a base of gessoed cotton. I wanted to use collage images, but I’m finicky about stealing work from others, so I used stuff I had lying around. The words are lines from my short story ‘Emily’s Fifth Birthday’ cut into strips and …
May 17
Colored Glass Fish
Once I got my colored rods, I went crazy with practicing making fish. These took me several hours to make.
May 11
Glass Bottles
These are small glass bottles I made in borosilicate class. They are quite challenging to make, which is most of the reason I’m fond of them.
May 08
Clear Glass Sea Monster
I made this the same day I made the clear glass fish. It cracked in a few places. Oops. Forgot to keep it consistently heated. Guess even borosilicate has limits. It’s about four inches long and two and a half inches tall.