Dyed And Gone To Heaven Covers The Fiber Arts

Posted on January 7, 1998

The Caron Collection's web site, Dyed and Gone to Heaven, can be found at: http://www.caron-net.com. The site boasts an array of monthly updated features: Feature Story, Designer Spotlight, Online Class, Innovation Gallery, Shop Focus and Kid's Project and this month is no exception. But what is exceptional is that all of the features are about men or by men in the fiber and needle arts or needlework world. And their stories and work are extraordinary.

Feature Story on Men in the Fiber Arts - Actually the concept of men stitching is not something new. The Rennaissance was the heyday for men in the needle and fiber arts. Magnificent tapestries and ornate royal and religious garments decorated with extravagant embroidery found today in museums recall the days when needlework and fibers arts were mostly a man's domain. The sight of a gentleman stitcher at work on his craft was as common a sight as our own nostalgic memories of grandma crocheting doilies or baking cookies! This feature story transports us back to those times with a historical perspective on the evolution of men in the fiber and needle arts from the middle ages to the Industrial Revolution.