Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Feb 11
Book Review: One Man’s Wilderness
One Man’s Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by Sam Keith I didn’t know anything about this book going into it, but I imagine it’s considered a classic of the wilderness-survival memoir subgenre. The author (that is, Pronneke, about whom the book was written, not Keith, who compiled and edited it) was 50 years old in 1969 …
Feb 10
Aromatherapy Keyholes 3
This is the last chunk of the aromatherapy pendants I made. I believe that the crown lacks a hole to string a necklace through, so maybe I’ll use that for some other purpose. I sent some of these to my friend Sarah, who offered to help copyedit Changer’s Turf (my most recent novel). She …
Feb 07
Autumn Gold Leaf Book
I started this with a base of some autumnal-print calico. I love autumn. I love leaves, the colors of autumn, cool weather, everything. (It’s kind of ironic that I live in a city where we don’t have autumn.) I had a plastic stencil I bought at a wonderful craft boutique while on a trip …
Feb 03
Spoon Rest With Wing Sprig
Ironically, I’e been coming up with soap-dish designs for a friend of mine who runs a soap company, but this pattern isn’t in the running. I made the basic form of this by extruding soft clay through a die. The die is shaped like a smiley-mouth with fangs. That’s the best way I can …