Modern history of rug-tufting
Tufting using a handheld gun is a very modern process, and one I cannot find any immediate history of in my searches. At the beginning of my tufting journey, I found help and information quite hard to come by, however, there is a growing community and support networks if you just know where to look.
A lot of my initial research into tufting using a gun lead me back to artist Tim Eads, who worked in various different mediums before falling in love with tufting. He is the founder of website tufftinggun.com which sells materials needed for tufting, and plenty of handy information to get you started. From here there is also tufttheworld, a forum designed around community, that allows users to share their work, ask questions and, most importantly, get answers that otherwise wouldn’t be available.
handy links:
https://www.thisistimeads.com/
https://tufting-community.mn.co/
https://tuftinggun.com/pages/about
















