Backgrounds?

Over in the collage-lab group we started trying some backgrounds, playing around with gesso, and other media to see what will happen.  For substrates I used old discarded book covers or card stock.  Some of the efforts are kinda kool and others are in the better add another layer or two catagory.  I thought I would post most (some are just really too ho hum) and you all can let me know the ones you like!

Old book covers/tinted gesso

Black gesso, stamped with sponge/stamped with old reel

Corragated cardboard gesso/paint

Dryed leaf stem

Dryed botanical bits and pieces

An old needlepoint piece of fabric glued down/gesso/paint

Grain... in this case rice.  Not one I like!

More cardboard pieces

Magazine photo and preprinted iron on pattern

Old book pages

Paper canvas and paper tapes

Old page and photograph

Smooshed and scratched

Stamped and embossed wallpaper pieces

Puzzle pieces (ugh!) and masking tape

Tape pieces and scratching

Writing and smooshing

Tissue and woven brown paper sack and the last... a scan wonk!

Wallboard tape and paper doily

Now, I have a box of prepared backgrounds to collage on.  Yay!