Karen Nicol is an embroidery and mixed media textile designer with an extremely versatile design and production studio based in London. Karen Nicol Embroidery has been established for twenty years specialising in Irish, Cornely, Multihead machine embroidery, beading and hand embroidery. Current clients include Chloe, Clements Ribeiro, Julien Macdonald, John Rocha, Betty Jackson, Matthew Williamson and Michiko Koshino. From 1990-2003 Karen was a Senior Lecturer in Mixed Media Textiles at RCA.