At my time student teaching at Forest Park Middle School, I did a repeating pattern linocut project. They moved a bit faster then expected, and picked up on it fast!

In this unit, students will explore positive and negative space through the process of relief printmaking. Students will first experiment with small stamps to understand how carving tools transform drawn shapes into printed images. They will then design and carve a linocut block that creates a seamless repeat pattern, learning how composition changes when flipped, rotated, or rearranged. Students will connect their designs to a personal interest, memory, or identity element to make the pattern meaningful.