Thank you to Lisa Dienst-Thomas of Lisa’s Pieces for being game to experiment!
Various textured paper leave can their mark, and so can laser engraved paper.
People use lace, netting, leaves…pretty much anything thin and dry enough that is flexible enough to roll next to a sheet of metal will work. The even pressure of the mill compresses and stretches the metal, allowing patterns to impress upon it. You can use a lot of different things to get texture on metal by compressing it through a rolling mill. I’ve been getting the itch to do more metal work and enameling, and thought creating my own laser engraved textures for the metal would be a fun start! Our texture experiments for the night! Some used, some not. Most people have seen those laser engraved rolling pins to create designs on rolled out cookies did you know that you can do the with metal too? Jewelers can texture metal for distinctive looks using rolling mills.