Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Sep 09
Blue-Green Flower Bowl
I suppose this is a set, since there are eight bowls, four with a green slip, four with a blue-green slip, and four different designs. Once they’re washed, we’re going to use them for soup and cereal.
Sep 06
Poppy Seedpods and Buds
These are the seedpods and buds that I made for my tile mosaic project. To make the seedpods, I rolled out a cone and indented it to show where the inner seed capsules had dried and shrunk in on themselves. then I added a disk at the top, incised with lines to look like the …
Sep 03
Poppy Stems
These are the stems of the poppies I made for my number plaque tile mosiac project. They aren’t very interesting, but they are necessary. I made them by extruding clay through a clay gun using the triple-circle die. I made more than I needed, because I’m not sure what shapes and sizes I’m going to …