Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Dec 16
Grape Leaf Prints
I just repainted our dining room, and I want to paint a frieze of grape vines around the walls, near the floor. I debated grapevines vs. blackberries, and decided on grapevines because grape leaves are interesting, and blackberry leaves are harder to stamp. I had hoped that I could carve grape leaf stamps out of …
Nov 21
Glass Ornaments, Round Two
Here are the ornaments out of the annealer from last week.  I made a small mistake with the blue and red ones, and the glass got stretched out and folded over when the color was added. It turned out to be a happy mistake, because the lines of color are more interesting then they would have been had …
Nov 15
Pigeon Fire
I did this to play around with scatchboard art a little. The format is sort of an homage to Jennifer Hewitson, whose art I admire. I finally got some decent tools, so removing larger areas of white isn’t such a chore. The size is only 5×7.
Nov 14
Glass Ornaments
Just got my first ornaments out of the annealer from class. The red one got blown a little too unevenly, but the red and yellow one looks pretty good. Next week I should be able to post pictures of a really ugly bowl I made.
Nov 11
Finished Little Books
  I finally finished the little books I was working on. The last ones I made were for art journals for my sister and her friend, and the ones before that were for my daughters. These are going to go to friends of mine, who don’t know they’re getting them. It will be a surprise. …