During the pandemic, various throwback artisanal activities suddenly rose in popularity, presumably hearkening back to a simpler, more wholesome era when people slowly, carefully made things by hand ...

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.

Often used to make rugs, tufting is a process wherein a hollow needle is used to cram thread or yarn into fabric in some kind of pattern. This can be done by hand, with a gun, or with big machines.

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 ...

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 ...

Furniture styles come and go. But tufted furniture has staying power. Who could forget the overstuffed Chesterfield sofa or the red velvet Victorian settee? Tufting is more popular today than ever.

Buying a tufting gun to make DIY mats and rugs has grown extremely popular among young Chinese today due to the sense of accomplishment it brings. However, shop owners say that the future of this ...

Furniture styles come and go. But tufted furniture has staying power. Who could forget the overstuffed Chesterfield sofa or the red velvet Victorian settee? Tufting is more popular today than ever.