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Gallery of Work by Stef and Anna Francis

Below are some typical embroideries created by the use of space-dyed threads and fabrics in (addition to other materials).

Indian Sunflower.
An embroidery using a fabric layering technique to give depth. It incorporates an embossed 'Sunflower' in the center.

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Temple Garden
By Stef Francis

A free embroidery using various space-dyed threads and fabrics with embossed copper added.

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Elephant Garden
By Stef Francis

Elephant buttons have been used to give the theme to this embroidery.

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Turkish Delight
By Stef Francis

This embroidery was created from torn -up strips of space-dyed and other fabrics, which were re-assembled to create the 'kaleidoscope' type effects (available as a kit)

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Arabian Nights
by Stef Francis

Space- dyed fabric applied to a background and cut back to form the pattern.

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African Impressions
An embroidery by Anna Francis

This was created by the use of machine embroidery on dissolvable fabric, with embossed and machined copper foil applied to fabric. The finished embroidery was backed with hand- made paper.

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Egyptian Odyssey I
By Stef Francis

This is appliqued shapes on a silk background with hand stitch and copper wire couching.

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Egyptian Odyssey II
By Stef Francis

This is appliquéd shapes on a silk background with hand stitch and copper wire couching.

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Castles in The Air
By Stef Francis

Mixed Media. Pen and ink drawing on hand-made paper with gold leaf embellishment. Hand stitch with
beads and sequins added, placed on a silk background with a couched gimp base.

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Zulu
By Stef Francis

Hand stitch on space-dyed silk velvet with couched gimp and layers of applied fabrics cut back.

Floral Fantasy
By Stef Francis
A free embroidery on layers of fabric with trapunto, beads and sequins added

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Floral Fantasia
Another, similar to Floral Fatasy

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Elephants Galore II
By Anna Francis

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Elephants Galore I
By Stef Francis

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'Up the Garden Path'
By Stef Francis

Layers of fabric cut through to reveal underneath layers.

St Matthew,
By Stef Francis
This is an embroidery on Felt layered with tissue paper, and aged with tea

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Embroidered bag, by Stef Francis. This uses the techniques of the 'Indian Mosaic' kit

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Typical walnut purses. These are walnut shells covered with fabric and embellished. A kit for similar purses is available.

Another embroidery by Stef Francis that incorporates couched coloured copper wire as part of the design.

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Flamenco
Silk rods & gold leaf, hand stitched on silk noil background

Nepenthes I
By Stef Francis

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Nepenthes II
By Stef Francis

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Peacock Dream
Bands of braids, lace & sequins.
All hand stitched

Dancing Fuchsia
Hand stitched using torn fabric strips

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Stef entered some work in an exhibition held at a farm in Devon.
The work had to be inspired by the farm and its environement, so Stef chose a distressed and discoloured barn wall as her theme.

Some of the work is shown here :-

Barn Mosaic

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Barn Wall Layers.

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Barn Wall

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Below are a series of bags inspired by Stef's work at the 'Art Farm Project' in Devon.
The colours of the first three bags were taken from the colours seen in a barn wall on the farm.

The bags were created from split-down silk carrier rods stitched to a felt background, and embellished. Some of the bags have silk cocoons attached as embellishment, with inserted rolled up carrier rod pieces.

Work in progress (a bag)

More work in progress (another bag)

Below is a bracelet made from split down silk carrier rods, rolled up, and threaded onto a ribbon.

A necklace made in a similar manner to the bracelet.

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