A couple more experiments ....

I've had a lot of fun this week trying out texture on kitchen foil, the idea for which I saw on Carol McFee's Blog. I made quite a large piece, using 50/50 pva glue and water, sticking the foil to a piece of cotton fabric, then covering the foil with crumpled tissue paper. I then painted Golden fluid acrylic yellow all over, then burnt orange, a blue, and finished with a green interference. Above is the result.
I then rubbed a third of the piece with copper Markal using a stencil brush, and the above is the result...
Then I painted a third of the original with purple Procion dye, and the above is the result. I still have a third of the original. It is quite stiff because of the tin foil and the pva glue, but the piece will make super backgrounds for postcards etc. and even motifs for other things. Thanks Carol.
And yet more Bark ...

This technique I found on Lynda's Blog again. Crumpled brown paper on fusible web on cotton backing. I painted it black then grated metallic wax crayons and sprinkled over and ironed using baking parchment to protect the iron. I then painted it lots more times (with brown, blue, green and finally yellow!) till I now think it's done! It is amazing how supple this is, and should be very easy to stitch on.