Participant Info
- First Name
- Casey
- Last Name
- McGarr
- Press Name
- Inky Lips Press
- City
- McKinney
- State
- Texas
- Country
- USA
- Website or Blogsite
- www.inkylipspress.com
- Year You Started with Letterpress
- 2001
- How You Got Involved In Letterpress Printing
- <p style="text-align: justify;">I was introduced to Letterpress printing in 1996 when I was employed at Fossil as creative director, we were designing an Annual Report and a set of tin designs in collaboration with Hatch Show Print in Nashville, TN. There I met Jim Sherraden who manages Hatch and got the letterpress bug and was introduced to the history, technique, creativity, and beautiful typography.</p>
- Presses & Equipment
- <p style="text-align: justify;">In 2001 I became self employed and went onto Ebay and bought a 3x5 Kelsey, and a 6x9 Kelsey. Since 2001 I've owned a Vandercook 4, Universal l AB, 32-28E Power Press, Universal lll ABA, a Challenge 15MP, Kluge 10x15, and a Heidelberg Windmill 10x15. The Vandercook Universal 1 and Universal lll are the presses I've kept in my shop. I also process photopolymer on a Anderson Vreeland Orbital Vlll, 8 cabinets of metal and wood type, Chandler Price Guillotine, Hammond Glider Saw and other printing relates accoutrements.</p>
- Education & Training
- <p style="text-align: justify;">I received a BFA in Visual Communication from Texas Tech and an MFA in Visual Communication from Texas A&M University-Commerce in Downtown Dallas. I’m self-taught on all the presses thanks to manuals, reading forums and asking lots of questions of my friend Jim Irwin out in AZ. I currently teach Visual Communication and Letterpress Printing to undergraduates and Visual Communication to graduate level students at Texas A&M University-Commerce in Downtown Dallas.</p>
- Work History
- Other Interests & Hobbies
- <p style="text-align: justify;">Bicycling, hiking, trail running, linoleum carving, and holding letterpress workshops.</p>
- Letterpress Group Memberships, If Any
- Array
- Birth Year
- 1957