Denise Hagon Calligrapher

United Kingdom

Hand-written wedding invitations, place cards and guest names by a Stratford-upon-Avon calligrapher

No. 662 · Autumn 2026

Wedding invitation written by hand in black and red ink on deckle edged paper, Denise Hagon Calligrapher

Welcome

Welcome to Denise Hagon Calligrapher

Denise Hagon is a professional calligrapher based in Stratford-upon-Avon who writes wedding invitations, place cards, table plans and guest names by hand with dip pen, quill and brush. She has worked since 1985, and her commissions travel across the UK and beyond by post and email.

Denise Hagon works from a studio in Stratford-upon-Avon, four minutes' walk from Shakespeare's Birthplace, and has been a professional calligrapher since 1985. She trained in calligraphy for three years at the Arts College in King's Lynn in the late 1970s, then took a degree in art history before turning professional.

Whatever your calligraphy project, large or small, I will work with you to bring it to life.Denise Hagon, calligrapher

About

Denise Hagon Calligrapher

For weddings she writes invitations by hand on handmade, deckle edged paper, with place cards, table plans and guest names written to match. Couples who have already printed their invitations can send them to her with a guest list, and she will add the names, address the envelopes or write the place cards.

The work is done with dip pen, quill and brush. Her wider expertise covers formal calligraphic scripts, historic hands and modern styles, illumination, gilding in raised 23ct gold and silver leaf, heraldic art and illustration on archival papers, vellum and parchment. The same skills appear in her poems, certificates, book inscriptions and family trees.

A memorial book entry in calligraphy with a gilded initial and a fountain pen, Denise Hagon Calligrapher

Services

What is on offer

4 services.

Hand-addressed envelope on deckle edged paper with a red wax seal, Denise Hagon Calligrapher

Service

Wedding stationery

Hand-written invitations on handmade, deckle edged paper
Place cards
Table plans

Wedding evening reception invitation with the names written in calligraphy, Denise Hagon Calligrapher

Service

Guest names and envelopes

Guest names written on printed invitations
Envelope addressing by hand

White ink calligraphy names on dark envelopes beside a gold envelope, Denise Hagon Calligrapher

Service

Other calligraphy commissions

Poems and readings
Certificates
Book inscriptions

A family tree in black and red calligraphy with a pen drawing of a church, Denise Hagon Calligrapher

How it works

Step by step

1
Tell her about the project
Couples call, email or use the contact form to describe the invitations, place cards or names they need.
2
Agree the delivery day
Once the details and a delivery day are agreed, an invoice is sent for payment by bank transfer, PayPal or cheque.
3
Approve a draft
If time allows, a draft is sent for approval before the final pieces are written.
4
Completion and delivery
Work is completed within 14 days, or sooner by arrangement. The finished pieces are packed carefully and sent by Royal Mail Special Delivery, or...