The art of rug making is extremely physically demanding, requiring hands-on work that can take a toll on the body. Local rug maker Tim Eads learned to tuft rugs six and half years ago with a handheld ...
Rugs have a deep history as a textile art, but also as objects that create space for comfort, thought, and worldbuilding. Using handheld tufting machines, participants can create and design their own ...
Tuft the World is a textiles supplier that helped launch the trend of rug tufting, which refers to making a rug with a "gun" that punches yarn through a backing material in the form of a loop. The ...
Tim Eads of Tuft the World used artificial intellegence to design and create this rug at his Southwest Philadelphia studio. (Emma Lee/WHYY) The Paradigm Gallery in Old City is exhibiting rugs designed ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Savaree Hazard-Chaney is making history in the capital city. The Providence artist opened TuftxPVD, Rhode Island’s first Black-owned rug tufting studio, a few years ago.
Dalton, Ga., may be the carpet capital, but Chattanooga is home to the tufting equipment makers upon which much of the industry has grown. The world's three biggest carpet equipment makers - Tuftco, ...
I’ve always been a sucker for DIY trends on Instagram. I honestly could not tell you the number of polymer clay jewelry(opens in a new tab) accounts I’ve followed ...
While Justin Clarke was scrolling through his TikTok feed last summer, a tufting video came across his screen. He was hooked. In these TikTok videos, tufters draw with an industrial metal tool, making ...
Two brothers and a family friend have opened a rug-tufting craft studio and hangout spot - with plans to expand with a boba tea shop next door - in the heart of downtown Xenia. Graeme Buchanan and his ...