collaged paper lamination on sheer, followed by metal leaf lamination

I've been struggling to find a way to interpret a particular element for a quilt I'm working on.  After taking several different paths to achieve what I want, it suddenly dawned on me that laminating a collage of papers onto a sheer might be exactly what I need for this piece.

I sliced pages from several design magazines 

and positioned them under sheer fabric

For the first step I used matte medium

and a wallpaper brush

Cloth was pinned to my work surface.

I swiped the brush repeatedly across the surface of the sheer with matte medium.

Eventually I was pouring matte medium directly onto the surface and pushing it around with the brush

Pins were removed and the piece was allowed to dry thoroughly.

After drying, I heat-set it between two sheets of teflon.

The entire piece was immersed in a bucket of water to soak for a few minutes.

Then I rubbed off the excess paper (outside, because it is messy!)

After drying, I screened heavy gel medium through a thermofax screen

on the opposite side from the paper lamination & allowed it to dry for a few minutes.

Then, I positioned sheets of black metal leaf over the screened medium.

After waiting a few minutes, I heat-set the leaf.

Using a paintbrush I gently removed excess leaf from the surface.

Very messy!

Here is what I have:  I don't think I'm finished

I may brush even more of the leaf from the surface.

I'll wait until tomorrow to push this forward because I need to think about it a bit....

Also, I need to look at this piece next to my other sections of pieced cloth and see how they look together.  I will do this with fresh eyes in the morning.