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 ...

AURORA, Ill. -- Illinois' first rug tufting workshop is in Chicago's west suburbs. Tuft A Rug, in Aurora, is the latest attraction at Fox Valley Mall. It lets customers dive into the colorful world of ...

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.

Staff photo by Dan HenryBusts of Lewis Card, Sr., Joe Cobble, and Roy T. Card, from right, are on display at the Card-Monroe Corp.'s plant in Hixson, Tennessee. July Edge - Photos by Dan Henry Inside ...

For artist Nora Chin, humor is just as important as nostalgia when it comes to rugs. Credit: courtesy nora chin Nora Chin thinks about rugs all of the time. “I fall asleep at night thinking about rugs ...

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 ...