Catherine Cheek

For the cover of this book I used some Chinese brocade, and the beading from my daughter’s shoe, which we got at Target. (I hope she’s learned that if you leave your shoes outside and they get ruined, mommy will cut them apart and use them for art.)  After I cut and pasted the different …

Continue reading

I just finished two new books, and I’ve used up all the signatures I made so it’s time to sew some more.  To make the cover of this book, I started with a piece of green and black calico.  I collaged a painted layer of paper towel over that. You can see the holey-honeycomb texture …

Continue reading

The cloth for this book was a piece of indigo batik cloth that I bought in Japan.  I had just enough for a baby’s bath yukata, and when my babies grew out of it, I saved the cloth.  The transparent rainbow embroidered overlay is something I picked up in the scrap bin at Jo Ann’s, …

Continue reading

This is a book I made for Jeff Vandermeer, one of my Clarion teachers.  Like the others, it’s approx. 3″ x 4″x 1/2″. I wanted something a little surreal, a little weird, and the sort of Victorian-era artwork makes it slightly steampunk.    Originally the cover was meant to have a cat’s head on a geisha’s …

Continue reading

This is a book I made for Ann Vandermeer.  I knew I was going to see her and wanted to give her a book, so I made something a little weird.  The cover is Chinese New Year’s money pasted over a muslin background for strength.  I pasted a nearly translucent piece of cotton cloth over …

Continue reading