Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Sep 21
For the past year or so, collage has fascinated me. It’s a completely different direction from my usual art. Altered books especially interest me, because it’s 3D art and because it’s recycled. It does take some courage to actually destroy a book, but I consoled myself in that there were other copies for sale at …
Sep 15
My sister sent back my art journal, and now I have to think of the next page. I have a tenative idea, but haven’t started yet. Here’s the page that I did a year ago today.
Sep 08
I went to First Friday downtown last night to peddle mehindi. It was successful in that Windy was good company and the atmosphere was relaxing, but not successful in that I didn’t convince many people to get henna done. Also, I’d brought a lantern, but the children must have left it on all night because …
Sep 05
I was experimenting with a new recipe tonight and wanted to test it out on my arm. My first problem was that the goop was too thin, so I had to add more powder. I worried that the henna had indigo in it again, because it was bright green, but it didn’t. It’s just fresh. …
Sep 04
This is my first experiment with scratchboard. My sister bought me a clayboard for Christmas, and it looked expensive, so I was too intimidated to start. I got some smaller ones to ‘practice’ before I did the larger one. My inspiration is Jennifer Hewitson who illustrates a calendar I’m very fond of. I don’t know …
