In The Heath Fairies, Kath Leone invites us into an enchanting, botanical world where the boundary between plant, fungus and spirit blurs into poetic imagination. Created especially for the Blisters:...
In The Heath Fairies, Kath Leone invites us into an enchanting, botanical world where the boundary between plant, fungus and spirit blurs into poetic imagination. Created especially for the Blisters: Time to Play exhibition, this six-layer handmade screenprint is presented here in a box frame at 50% off the standard frame price — the discount already applied in the listed price.
Leone's signature style — lush layering of translucent inks, intricate linework and a muted yet glowing palette — animates the heathland's mosses, fungi and undergrowth with an otherworldly presence. The fairies emerge not as traditional winged creatures but as delicate junctions of mycelium, leaf and light. The piece was inspired by two mushrooms found on Hampstead Heath the morning before the Blisters deadline. A fairy playground literally encountered on the way to the studio. Leone is originally from Cape Town, South Africa, now London-based. Limited edition of 100, signed. £303.60.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kath Leone
Kath Leone is a contemporary artist and textile designer from Cape Town, South Africa. Her highly imaginative, pseudo botanical art features plants, insects, animals, fungi and sea life. Compelled by the glow and depth of overlapping colours in screen printing, Kath aims to capture some of the charm found in old-fashioned fabrics by combining layers of translucent inks to build enchanting colour palettes in her work.
Having a condition called synaesthesia, specifically grapheme-colour and chromesthesia, Kath experiences continual additional colour, texture and shape perception when hearing everyday sounds and words. This saturates Kath’s mind and life, influencing her artistic practice and explaining her obsession with colour-mixing.