8 “I believe everything is interrelated and interconnected,” she said. “Knowing that, I have a hard time letting go of things that people have chosen are obsolete or out of date because I believe there’s a history involved in them. Whatever one learns, even if it was from 100 years ago, can be related and re-contextualized for more of a modern approach.” The twist with the letterpress is that Davis-Walker is using a three-dimensional printer to create plastic blocks of type to be used with the letterpress, effectively merging a 21st century technology with a 15th century one. The type is first designed digitally and then printed over the course of a couple hours. Eventually students may be able to design their own fonts and print them, giving them their own set of custom letters. “People assume that I’m just anti- technology, but I’m absolutely not,” Davis- Walker said. “I’m here trying to make both the old and new coexist in a way that no one’s ever done before. As an educator, that’s my job, to tell people what’s been done, what we’re doing right now, and how can we make something new. “The people who built those presses were amazing engineers who created a whole system of gears that worked on an automated level before we even had any type of electricity. So I try to engage students with the past and make them excited about what you can do with the future without feeling like you have to leave the past behind.” What comes out of that process are problem solvers who can succeed in any profession, Davis-Walker said.