Just off the board

I've just cut this image off the board ready for stitching into.  I decided to use the ink a bit more to create the background and shapes to collage on to.  I was inspired by the inky glazes on the pots I saw in the V&A.  Also inspired by Ed Kluz whose work I saw at St.Judes gallery at New Year.  I'm also trying to bring in some pattern elements, influenced by the textiles I've been looking at recently, like these:

Hans Tisdall, Pheasant Moon, 1960

Margaret Calkin James

Sonia Delauney, printed cotton, 1925