Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Feb 07
Fox and Grapes Cup
This is a small porcelain vessel I made, approximately three inches tall, showing one of the problems I had with painted underglaze. The underglaze designs are a lot more detailed before the glaze is added. Later I tried to correct this by spraying, which mars the design less, but ends up being thinner, which makes for …
Feb 04
Porcelain vessel with cobalt: rabbit and fox
This is another of the series of porcelain vessels with cobalt I made a couple years ago. See ‘lidded porcelain vessel with cobalt: fox-man and crows’ for description of technique.
Feb 03
Lidded porcelain vessel with cobalt: fox-man and crows
This is one of a series of porcelain vessels I made a couple years ago. I’ve been using powdered cobalt on porcelain bisque fired to cone 04. One of the things we tried, in order to reduce fading, was to fire it again before glazing. It didn’t work very well. I also tried spraying on …
Feb 02
Smiling Face Ball
I got a new photography setup, so I thought I’d photograph some old pieces I had lying around in my studio. This piece is one of my favorites, because it’s comfortable to hold and has a nice weight to it, plus the face cheers me up. This is a high fired stoneware ball, b-mix with …
Jan 24
Greenman Barette
This is a present I made for Jane, whose birthday is tomorrow. My camera isn’t here right now, so I had to photograph it using the scanner instead. It would have scanned better if I had done it before gluing on the barette backing, but I think the detail came out well enough. This piece …