Helen Cox is a graduate apprentice of the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace in London. As a fine art embroiderer she is an expert in the design, creation and conservation of embroidery pieces in a vast variety of techniques. These techniques, including silk shading, goldwork, blackwork and whitework, are all very adaptable and can be used in any number of ways to decorate anything from fashion items and clothing to interiors to ecclesiastical vestments to creating a unique piece of framed artwork