Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Feb 13
Book Review: The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl
The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl by Karen Burns Karen Burns, AKA “Working Girl” says she’s had 59 jobs in her life, and therefore she’s an expert at the working world. I kept expecting to see a septegenarian on the back cover, but apparently she counts each freelance assignment as a separate “job.” Still, she …
Feb 12
Tiny Smiley Balls 2
These are the last of the tiny colored smiley balls. These will probably be the only ones I make that are glazed like this, though I’ll still use the double-fork tool for something else.
Feb 09
Mosaic Tiles 3
These are hand-rolled and cut tiles of 1 1/2 inch in diameter, stamped with commercial rubber stamps, underglazed, and glazed with a low-fire clear.
Feb 06
Tiny Smiley Balls 1
These are portable smiley balls I made to bring as gifts for people I’m visiting later this spring. They are about the size of nuts. The one on the left got that weird texture from being overfired. In the future, I will make these plain, or maybe with colored clay bodies. Glazing them is too …
Feb 05
My Traumatic D+
When I was in fifth grade, we had an assignment were we had to plan for an imaginary trip to another country. I was an extremely bright and diligent student, and moreover, I’d planned for trips before. My family took us camping every year. My responsibility on camping trips was to make a list of the …