McKinney, Texas

 

 

How I Got Involved in Letterpress Printing: I was introduced to Letterpress printing in 1996 when I was employed at Fossil as creative director, we did an Annual Report and a set of tin designs at Hatch Show Print in Nashville, TN, there I met Jim Sherraden who manages Hatch and I got the letterpress bug, lots of history, technique, creativity, and very beautiful. I quit Fossil after 9 years and went to work at Arthur Anderson; I lost my Anderson job 8 months later because of the technology bust. Then I got to thinking how much I loved letterpress, not knowing where to purchase, onto ebay I went, there I bought a 3x5 Kelsey, and a 6x9 Kelsey in 2001. In 2002 in San Angelo, TX, I bought the Challenge 15MP so I could do posters. In Georgetown, TX in 2003 I bought the Vandercook 4 which prints excellent. In 2005 I rescued the Vandercook 32-28 from going to the scrap yard. In addition, in 2005 I bought an Original Heidelberg Windmill, which came from Charles the Printer in TX, which prints better than I could have ever imagined. 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.

 

Presses & Equipment: 10"x15" Heidelberg Windmill, Vandercook 32-28, Vandercook #4, Challenge 15MP, Challenge 19” guillotine, 8 Type Cabinets, 2 Galley Cabinets and lots of the misc. letterpress tools and equipment.
 
Work History: 1991-2000 as creative director at Fossil, 2000-2001 at Arthur Anderson, 2001–present McGarr Creative/Inky Lips Press
 
Education: Graduated 1989 with a BFA in graphic design from Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX
 
Other Interests/Hobbies:  I’m and avid road bicyclist, Taekwondo, and camping
 
Group Memberships, if any: DSVC (Dallas Society of Visual Communications)
 
Email Address: casey@inkylipspress.com
 
Website: http://www.inkylipspress.com
 
Birth Date or Birth Year: December 16, 1957