This is a demo. To change Patchlamp's fictional studio, choose “Text it” on its card at patchlamp.com/templates and send “Ashgrove: what you want changed”. Changes are usually live in under a minute; the site resets every night.

The studio's own lettered mark on rust: ASHGROVE arched over a drawn ash tree, Studio in a cream script, and a black ribbon reading books, labels, walls

Illustration and hand lettering for books, labels and walls.

Commissions open in the spring and autumn.

Selected work

  1. A book jacket, laid flat: a lantern glowing on deep blue with moths around it, the title Moth & Lantern lettered in cream

    Moth & Lantern

    The jacket for a made-up novel: the lantern drawn, the title lettered.

  2. A hot-sauce label on tomato red: a cream roundel lettered BITTER CREEK around a big red No. 7, two drawn chillies and a black SMOKED HABANERO ribbon

    Bitter Creek No. 7

    A hot-sauce label for a made-up maker, in two inks.

  3. A cream wedding invitation lettered Ada and Tom in a flowing italic, an olive sprig above, lying on sage linen beside a dusty-rose envelope with a wax seal

    Ada & Tom

    A wedding invitation, lettered and drawn for a made-up couple.

  4. A deep green library wall lettered by hand: EVERY BOOK IS A DOOR arched in cream over a gold come in, low bookshelves beneath

    The Long Arch

    A reading-room wall for a made-up library, 2025.

  5. A kraft coffee bag with a teal label: a coral sun behind a dark peak and drifting fog, the words Low Fog lettered in cream

    Low Fog

    Bag and label lettering for a made-up coffee roaster.

  6. Gold-leaf lettering on a dark green shop window: PEPPER & PINE arched over a small gold pine tree, GENERAL STORE beneath, inside a red painted frame

    Pepper & Pine

    Gold-leaf window lettering for a made-up general store.

About the studio

Ashgrove Studio is one illustrator who draws for books, packaging and the occasional wall. Nothing here is real: it is a demo of the portfolio site Patchlamp builds.

Commissions open in the spring and autumn; a text is enough to change anything on this page.

Work together

Say what you have in mind and when you need it by.