HAND TUFTED 3D GEOMETRIC RUG DESIGN

I recently created a collaborative rug with a graduate student Rachelle Edwards from Nottingham Trent University. Rachelle’s rug design required a deep carved pile to accentuate the primary colours used within her geometric rug design. The designs were based on a “children’s play” theme. The rug design had a basic geometric block theme which was repeated to create the unusual shape of the rug. The initial dark blue lines were tufted in a very short pile and trimmed and sculpted on the hand tufting frame. The block primary colours were tufted in an even 30mm high pile. These were then sculpted and carved back to create the 3D effect of the blocks.