Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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May 22
Eggs Three and Four
Two more eggs, nesting in the glass nests I made. I tried to think of nice colors for the Easter eggs that I would like to look at, but I couldn’t think of any, so I made these ugly ones instead. It occured to me that I could make natural colored eggs, but wouldn’t it …
May 20
Eggs One and Two
These are two of the eggs that I made in the same off-mandrel lampworking technique class. Now you can see what the amber nests were for. The polka dotted one I made so I could practice dot control, but I left it in the heat too long and the bottom got scorched.
May 19
Amber Nests, three and four
These were made by reaming molten glass with a graphite reamer. To make the frozen drop crown shape, I pulled out petals by using tweezers, a technique we use to make easy flowers in hotshop.
May 17
Amber nests, one and two
I made these in an off-mandrel technique class I took at the Mest Art Center from Laurie Nessel. The technique used for this involves stringers, and it’s an excellent way of practicing stringer control. It reminded me a lot of coil building a pot.
May 15
Knight of Cups
Anyone who’s familiar with the Morgan-Greer tarot will realize I lifted this design from that card; the Roman helm is quite distinctive. Because the backgrounds were mostly stylized landscapes, I didn’t have as much call to use red and purple. That’s what the cloaks are for!