Meet the Team

Co-Founder & CEO

Jill has a vast and varied business management background. She has used this knowledge to build and grow The Modern Calligraphy Company brand into the incredible success it is today.

It's her energy, drive, and enthusiasm that ensures that every job is met with the highest level of skill, efficiency, and professionalism.

Living by the sea, Jill spends her free time waterskiing with her kids!

Kirsten Burke

Co-founder & Creative Director

Master calligrapher and creative powerhouse, Kirsten inspires beginners, enthusiasts, and professionals alike.

Her ideas and knowledge she uses to develop the calligraphy skills and a passion for lettering in others.

She has written a series of books that teach modern calligraphy and regularly contributes to lettering and craft magazines.

Maisie Minett

Teaching Director

Maisie creates inspirational new workshop content and supports our team of workshop tutors.

She ensures that wherever you live you receive excellent tuition that’s delivered with passion, knowledge and clear guidance - whether it's watercolour lettering, copperplate wedding calligraphy or anything in between!

Nadine Handley

Studio Manager

Nadine keeps our workshops up to date, booking venues and tutors so that we are able to offer calligraphy classes online and in different areas of Great Britain!

In her free time, she loves long walks along the beach, and spending time with her two daughters.

Emily Goodwin

Logistics

Emily works tirelessly to ensure every workshop attendee receives their kit.

She organises the corporate workshops as well as the many classes we run online for beginner calligraphers.

Once she clocks off, you'll find her catching a wave.

Holly Weekes

London Ambassador
& Online Brush Pen Tutor

Holly fell in love with modern calligraphy in 2016 and spent a few years creating pieces for friends and family, before finally taking her passion full time.

Teaching workshops in London and online for us, she is as talented with a nib as with a brush pen. Her spirit and passion will delight you.

Find Holly on Instagram

@CrossandDotLondon

Amy Goble

East Sussex Tutor & Ambassador

Amy attended her first calligraphy workshop with The Modern Calligraphy Co. in September 2018 which sparked a creative passion that quickly took over her life. Now she's gone full circle, turning her hobby into her profession!

She's an inspiring and enthusiastic tutor who loves to share her knowledge and love of lettering.

Find Amy on Instagram @theamyverse

Vicky Daws

East Midlands Ambassador & Online Tutor

Having fallen in love with calligraphy after handwriting all her own wedding stationery, Vicky went on to develop her skills and now leads regular workshops for us.

Vicky has an eclectic style and loves to switch up styles, whether it's highly polished or whimsical.

Find Vicky @invitingwriting

Emma Cox

Oxford Ambassador & Watercolour Tutor

Emma is left handed and discovered the therapeutic qualities of calligraphy when she suffered from burn out. Since then she has worked creating wedding stationery and has most recently become our tutor for the Oxford area.

Find her @thekinddesigner

Kiasah Farrin

Dorset Ambassador & Wedding Calligraphy Tutor

From a watercolour background Kiasah discovered calligraphy via Instagram and has never looked back.

Her studio is based in Lyme Regis on the beautiful Jurassic coast, Dorset.

She runs a business designing wedding stationery and juggles that with caring for her three children.

Find Kiasah on Instagram @scribe.stationery

 In 1997, Jill Hembling & Kirsten Burke set up their business- built on their love of modern calligraphy.

Fast forward 25 years, and they’ve sold more than 10 million greeting cards, created large-scale public artworks, written five books and run 1000’s of calligraphy events for leading brands including Jo Malone, BMW and Molton Brown with their team of more than 40 calligraphers (and counting) from all over the country.

"I hope we’ve helped inspire others to pick up a pen or a brush and to fall in love with calligraphy. "In a fast pace world, this ancient skill, reinvented for today’s generation, has never been more popular and I feel proud and lucky to be part of this exciting and thriving industry." Kirsten Burke