Awen Press

Awen Press is the private press of artist and printer Helen Moss of Creetown, Scotland.  She works in the tradition of publishing entirely handmade, and limited-edition private press books and prints. The mission of the press is to publish beautiful handmade books and prints, to raise up Scottish women writers and other artists, and to carry positive messages of hope and respect for Mother Nature. Helen makes acrylic engravings or lino plates based on her painting practice and regular drawing or monoprinting on glass, exploring contemporary expressive printmaking within the tradition of the letterpress book crafts.  The text is all handset using a variety of moveable metal types, locked into a chase and printed on fine papers with the final book being hand sewn and bound in house.  ​Printing is a slow and beautifully off grid, low impact artform using antique tools, materials and machines, and a wide variety of skilled processes. 

Collection

• 1846 Albion Press

• 1914 Arab platen press,

• 1880s Harrild proofing press

• 1950s Autovic