Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
Author's posts
Mar 18
Greenman Shrine
I have a small coterie of good friends who are kind enough to give me editing or copyediting feedback on my novels. I try to give them some piece of art in exchange for their time. Three of my fellow Clarionites (Clarion Writer’s Workshop, San Diego 2007) read my upcoming book MULBERRY WANDS and …
Mar 11
Cobalt Striped Tumbler
When I made this, I was trying to replicate a cup I bought from a Mexican import store down in Tucson. I’d asked the guy how it was made, and he’d started into a much-rehearsed explanation about how they take glass and get it really hot on the end of a pipie. I was …
Mar 10
Book Review: If Walls Could Talk
If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home by Lucy Worsley This book could more accurately be called “Every day life in pre-modern England.” It’s great for anyone who wants to learn about what every day life in England was like in the middle ages through the early 20th century. Categorized by themes …
Mar 06
Book Review: Wicked Bugs
Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon’s Army & Other Diabolical Insects by Amy Stewart This is a book written on a similar vein to Amy Stewart’s WICKED PLANTS, which has a similar shape and layout. The previous book I read from a hard copy, but this one I listened to as an audiobook. I …
Mar 04
Blue Engobed Cup
This was the second cup I made, right after the twice green cup. Another student did a technique which I believe is called engobing, where you cover a piece with a layer of colored glass. When you first mash the hot glass on, it looks a little like one of those frowning bad guys that …