Texturing Metal

I was surfing around looking for some texture plates to either hammer on, or use with my new big kick, and I stumbled upon this blog by Jane Cather.
She has some wonder ideas on texturing metal sheet.
I will try the "paper plate" technique with my big kick. I think that soldering some wire designs onto some German Silver or brass sheet would work very well too!
Here is a sample of her "paper plate" technique....