A fountain pen resting on an open notebook on a wooden studio desk

Letterpress & pointed-pen studio

Portrait of Juno Marchetti, calligrapher and letterpress printer at Maple Quill

Maple Quill  /  One bench, hand-set

Juno Marchetti

Calligrapher · Letterpress printer

The studio

Maple Quill is a single-bench studio for paper worth keeping. Everything is drawn by hand, set in metal type and pulled on a 1920s platen press — then proofed on cotton stock and checked under a loupe before it is boxed.

Service area
Studio sessions by arrangement; finished work posted anywhere in the UK and EU.
Lead time
Event suites six to eight weeks. Short stationery runs around two weeks.
Tuition
Private pointed-pen benches for up to four people, tools provided.

What leaves the bench

  1. Event & wedding suites

    Invitations, place cards, menus and thank-you notes, set as one family.

  2. Hand-lettered signage

    Welcome boards, seating plans and painted glass in gouache and gold size.

  3. Short-run letterpress

    Calling cards, compliments slips and headed paper on 600gsm cotton.

  4. Pointed-pen tuition

    Fundamentals, spacing and finishing, taught one bench at a time.

bench@maplequill.studio

Notes are answered within two working days

Start a commission brief

Three lines is plenty — what the piece is for, roughly when you need it, and how many. A proper quote follows by email.