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 ...

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.

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 ...

Sarah Magliocco is a journalist and content creator. Rug making is having a modern revival - and it's all down to the power of social media. TikTok and Instagram Reels have boosted the popularity of ...

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 ...