Jessica Russell Flint captures Havana in hand illustrated print
The jewellery and accessories designer brings the colour and romance of Cuba's capital to a new collection, where vintage cars, colonial architecture and tropical blooms dance across silk and linen.
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A postcard arrives bearing the unmistakable hues of Havana: pink colonial façades stacked like jewels, turquoise shutters framing empty windows, vintage motor cars in coral and cream nosing through sun soaked streets. Palm fronds sweep across the composition in gold leaf, while ceramic bright suns and ornamental medallions scatter across a rose background like memories of a place where time moves differently.
Jessica Russell Flint, the London based designer celebrated for her richly patterned jewellery and silk scarves, now offers this Havana print as a new chapter in her visual language. Hand illustrated across silk and linen, the pattern weaves together the sensory details of Cuba’s capital: the architectural romance of its painted buildings, the vintage transport that rolls through its streets, the tropical abundance that frames every corner. Each element carries authentic character, from the miniature Chevrolets rendered in jewel tones to the intricate folk inspired patterns that echo the island’s decorative heritage.
What emerges is less a souvenir and more an immersion. The design rewards close looking, with small pleasures hidden throughout: the curve of a car’s chrome bumper, the delicate tracery of a wrought iron balcony, the particular pink that belongs only to that particular city. Viewed as a whole, it reads as a love letter to a place of undeniable charm, rendered in the distinctive hand of an artist who understands how colour and pattern can transport us somewhere vivid and real.
The Havana print is coming soon from Jessica Russell Flint.
Imagery courtesy of Jessica Russell Flint (@jessicarussellflint).