Val Lucas
Owner of Bowerbox Press, a letterpress and woodcut printing studio in Monkton, MD; Adjunct Professor of Bookbinding and Letterpress at Towson University; metal type founder and artist specializing in letterpress printing and relief work.
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Jun 2, 2026
Val LucasGUEST
I fell in love with the cases full of little letters, being able to put them together in prints, and I started connecting with other local printers in the Baltimore/DC area.
Val LucasGUEST
I did an internship at Pyramid Atlantic, and through that I met a couple of local printers.
Val LucasGUEST
One of them, Chris Manson, he introduced me to a friend of his who cast type, and I was like, "Oh, that's kinda cool." And so he took me down to this guy's house.
Val LucasGUEST
Uh, he was outside of Alexandria in Oxon Hill, Maryland, and his name is Jim Walczak.
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