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 ...

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.

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 ...

"Carnivalesque," by Cathy LeVitre, on display at Pile Paragons, an exhibition of tufted artwork curated by Qualesha Wood, for TuftCon ’23. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) A new convention is coming to ...