Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Nov 24
Caramel-Shino Porcelain Bowl
Of the series of porcelain bowls I made, this one is so far my favorite. The caramel glaze runs, so I used it over shino, which doesn’t. I love the depth of color, as well as the sheen. It’s impressed with stamps I made: hexagons on the bottom, triangles on the top.
Nov 21
Crow and Grape Leaf Cookie Jar
 I had a cookie jar from CostCo, that came with biscotti in it, but while I was gone last summer the kids broke it. I decided to make a replacement for it. I had the shape of what I wanted in my head, based off of a talavera jar I bought in Mexico. I …
Nov 16
Galaxy Bowl
I disliked the glaze on this bowl, but other found it the best of the series. This bowl cracked during bisque firing–porcelain can be extremely temperamental–but I was able to salvage it with paperclay. The stamps on the side are an oak leaf and a dragonfly.
Nov 12
Red Black Swallow Book
For the base of this book’s cover, I started with a piece of cotton cloth to which I adhered black paper with a block print of a swallow on it. I had some paper scraps left over from end papers from different books, so I adhered them onto the black paper with acrylic medium. I had …
Nov 07
Metamorphisis Book
I did this book right after the celadon book, so I wanted something that didn’t have any cloth except for the muslin base. I had some handmade paper, and I used decorative paper-shaping scissors to cut the Victorian frame edge. The scissors cut very poorly, and were difficult to use. I layered the gold and …