Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Mar 10
Brown Circle Book
This is one of my handmade books approx. 3 X4 ” and 1/2″ thick. It has a collaged cloth and paper cover, with sewn embellishment. (I didn’t make the embellishment.)
Mar 05
Green Buckle Book
To create the cover of this book, I first started by stamping onto a piece of muslin. You can see the postmarks of the stamp in the upper right hand corner. After the pigment had dried, I attached the muslin to the semitransparent green fabric with acrylic medium. I sewed the copper beads on before …
Feb 29
Making of a Book
This is a how to of how I make books. I do it very differently from other people. For one, I don’t have that loom-like contraption that most books on hand-binding feel is essential. The books I make are around 3X4 inches, so I am able to hold the entire block in my hands easily. 1. …
Feb 27
Laura’s Art Journal
This is my sister’s art journal. We made a pair of them and took turns doing pages. She currently has mine, and I have one page left to do in hers. We might take a while to finish it, as we are in the middle of another art project, the altered book round robin.  Reproduction allowed courtesy …
Feb 24
Air Faerie
This is one of my old faeries, one of the first I made with paperclay faces. She’s also one of my favorites. Everything is made by hand. I painted the wings, made the hair, made the dress from my own pattern, sculpted the face and hands and feet, painted them, wired them together, etc. Pretty …