Printing to Infinity: Creating Repeat Patterns – Elizabeth Castaldo

Dates: August 17 – 21, 2026
Studio: Silkscreen
Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300
Lab fee: $125
Class limit: 6

In this silkscreen workshop we will learn how to turn almost any type of image into an endless repeat pattern and explore the potential of what can be done with repeatable prints. We will go over two ways to create repeatable patterns from your own drawings or photos and cover both analog and digital methods for preparing images for silkscreen printing.

Silkscreen is a very approachable print medium that allows us to make many multiples of our modular patterns. We will learn the silkscreen printing process from start to finish, including printing images with multiple colors, and strategies for both loose and tight registration. Each student will be able to create at least two editions of prints over the course of this week-long class.

The resulting prints will be modular components that can be tiled together infinitely (or until you run out of prints!) and used to create large scale wall installations, wallpaper, for covering 3D objects, or use in mixed media artwork. You can extend the skills you learn beyond the class, as this method of creating a repeat pattern can be applied to other print media as well as digital image making methods.

Once you have made an edition of prints we’ll get them up on the wall and strategize creative ways to display them in a space.

This concept will be contextualized with examples by artists working with repeat pattern and tessellation such as Lanette Scheeline, MC Escher and Julia Rothman and examples from the WSW collection.

This workshop takes place in our silkscreen studio located on the second floor, up a flight of stairs. There will be some periods of prolonged standing.

This workshop is currently in the week-long members-only registration period. Registration will open to the public on February 4th.