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embroidery Family Coat of Arms painted in oil on canvas
Approximately A3 size worked in 2002, a private commission
Family coat of arms painted onto 18 threads to the inch canvas ready to work as a kit in crewel embroidery wools.
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embroidery Japanese family portrait
Approximately 30cm by 20cm worked in 1994-95, a private commission
Five figures worked in tapestry or vertical shading with naturally shaded hair on a silk fabric background.
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embroidery Bede College Lodge Masonic Banner
Approximately 20cm by 30cm worked in 2001, a private commission
A combination of applied work using silks and velvet as a background, combining traditional gold work embroidery for lettering and outlining, and metallic tassel fringe and cord to finish.
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embroidery Royal Navy Crown
Approximately 10cm by 6cm, a private commission
Applied silk fabric with outlined couched gold thread and coloured silk shading.
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embroidery Experimental work as Artist in Residence at Cleveland College of Art and Design
These leaves are embroidered freely using surface stitching with paper.
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embroidery Medieval Man
Approximately 11cm by 8cm and worked in 2003 as a design for a kit.
Worked on calico, the halo is worked in stem stitch and couching using gold threads, with the face in fine stitch and the hair also in stem stitch using stranded cotton.
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embroidery Medieval Lettering and Border
Approximately 5cm by 10cm and worked in 2003 as a design for a kit.
Lettering worked in split stitch on cloth of gold. The border is crouched with 'or nuè' or crouching with colour work.
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embroidery Experimental work as Artist in Residence at Cleveland College of Art and Design
These leaves are embroidered freely using surface stitching and metal threads. The gold paper is held in place with running stitches and spirals of metal thread are stitched on top.
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embroidery © Tracy A. Franklin 2005
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