The Crataegus Press

Sister press to Hawthorn, Crataegus was set up in 2009 and is run by Diane to produce hand-printed poetry and artist books. Diane uses a range of printmaking techniques, both relief and intaglio. She occasionally runs Book Arts courses from her Norfolk Studio.

Current books include:

• 365 Apples
  • Charles Bennett 2009 £125.00
  • Hard Back limited edition of 24, printed on Hahnemuhle etching paper with hand set letterpress text on 4 reduction woodcut backgrounds. Accordion fold out construction.
    

    365 Apples
    by Charles Bennett

• A Year Underwater
  • Charles Bennett 2009 £40.00
  • Card Covered 4 page booklet which opens to a single sheet. Limited edition of 30. Mixed media relief and stencil printed background, with some hand colouring. Hand set letterpress text.
    
    
    

    A Year Underwater
    by Charles Bennett

• Woman Walking
  • Diane Griffiths 2010 £95
  • Cloth covered fold out concertina booklet which opens out to a single poster sheet. Woodcut and etchings, edition of 20
    

    Woman Walking
    by Diane Griffith
    (click the image to see it opened out)

Creation books

• He
  • Diane Griffiths 2009 £40.00
  • Hard Back, accordion fold out book, hand set letterpress text in a limited edition of 23. Relief stencil print with embossing and hand colouring.
    
    

    He
    by Diane Griffiths

• She
  • Diane Griffiths 2009 £40.00
  • Hard Back, accordion fold out book, hand set letterpress text in a limited edition of 23. Intaglio printed collagraph with blind embossing.
    
    

    She
    by Diane Griffiths

• Moon
  • Diane Griffiths 2009 £40.00
  • Hard Back, accordion fold out book, hand set letterpress in a limited edition of 17. Intaglio printed  collagraph with blind embossing, hand colouring and hand-stamped cut out.
    
    

    Moon
    by Diane Griffiths

• He/She/Moon
  • Boxed Set: £100.00

All prices are plus p&p

Back List

(limited quanities available)

• Book of Salt
  • (Edition of 9) Diane Griffiths 2008 £495.00
    
    

    Book of Salt
    by Diane Griffiths

• Moon Apple
  • Katherine Pierpoint 2001 £25.00
  • Japanese style side bound soft cover in a limited edition of 25 with hand set letterpress text. Image: a collaged dried apple leaf with machine stitching.
  Oystercatchers
  • Alan Peacock 1995 £20.00
  • Card covered in a limited edition of 24. A reduction linocut frontispiece with hand-set letterpress text over a relief printed background.
• Walking the Coast
  • Alan Peacock 1995 £9.50
  • Card covered in a limited edition of 100. Hand-set letterpress text with linocut illustrations.
• Arrowheads
  •  Alan Peacock 1994 £7.50
  • Card covered in a limited edition of 100. Hand-set letterpress text with engravings

All prices are plus p&p