Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Mar 17
The top center has a piece of microchip in it. Microchips always look so cool, and I want to include them in more multimedia stuff, but they don’t always behave properly. The bottom right is a slice of a polymer clay butterfly cane I made two years ago.
Mar 15
The Poison Diaries by Maryrose Wood I chose this book because my 12-year-old daughter highly recommended it. It has a lot of elements that pre-teen girls and young teen girls will find desirable: young heroine, cute mysterious boy, darkness, supernatural powers, and death. It’s a unique spin on the “pretty young woman meets pretty supernatural …
Mar 14
Getting back into glassblowing, I decided to start easy and make some tumblers. This one, the side got a little hot and it collapsed in on itself. It works okay for a vase, but I think it would trap bacteria in there, so it’s maybe no good for drinking.
Mar 11
Look! Lookie Look! See what this is? This is a proof copy of the paper version of SEEING THINGS. Are you excited? Me too! I just got this last Thursday. I thought my initial reaction would be one of overwhelming glee, but frankly, it needs a lot of work. The margins didn’t come out right, …
Mar 10
I decided it was time to do a new batch of bottlecaps. My fridge is now bedecked with them, awaiting an unexpected birthday (and the need for a gift). These are fun, small gifts to make for people. The cow on the lower left side is a piece of mylar confetti that I’d saved for …
