Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Jun 18
Test Tiles
These are the test tiles I made for this session of pottery. My favorite is the one on the top left, and my second favorite is in the middle. I had planned on using sprig molds (the geometric shapes on some of these) but my silicone sprig molds weren’t that great so I discarded that …
Jun 16
Blue Black Cup
I made these cups for my friend, originally planning to put a very snarky thing on it, but I decided at the last minute to use this glaze combination instead. It’s a combination of black satin and oasis glazes. I like its subtlety, and it has a good weight.
Jun 09
Book Review: Hawk
Hawk by Steven Brust I’ve read so many of these things that I couldn’t even tell you. How long has he been doing this series? When it started out, Vlad Taltos was a gritty street thug/assassin, just trying to get by in the dirty city of Adrilahnka (or however you spell that). I loved especially …
Jun 08
Third Fox Postcard
This is the third fox postcard. It taught me something about drawing, namely that I will be happier with the drawing if I am drawing something that I like. Except for owls, which I like, but all my drawings of owls looked weird. I think it’s that the beaks are odd. But foxes are easy,and …