Rug Making

Here is the first ever rug I tried to make, hand-made with a punch-needle. I initially tried a more simple design in comparison to my later efforts, with a rather minimal colour-palette; which, for me, ended up being one of my most successful pieces. I had not yet gotten properly used to the method of whip-stitching, however, so the final finishing of the rug could have been better.

Continuing in the series of monochromatic character rugs, here is the second rug that I tried to make using the punch-needle technique. I was a lot more ambitious with the colour palette here, and ended up using a much wider gradient of blues. whilst this certainly helped to add further depth to the final image, I wasn't hugely pleased with the final look (some of the darker blues feel like they blend with each other too much). Nevertheless, I was much more pleased with the finishing of this piece than my previous effort.

Here is my third character rug, and it constitutes perhaps my most ambitious monochromatic punch-needle rug. I used more colours than ever before, in the most complex design yet (requiring a lot of curves and smaller parts of detail). Whilst I love how striking the final image is, the finishing could have been slightly better - the sheer amount of wool and colour used meant that the rug has difficulty lying flat on a smooth surface. Nevertheless, this is perhaps my favourite of my initial monochromatic character rugs.

Here is the fourth in my series of monochromatic character rugs. I wanted to return to the more simplified colour palette that I used in my very first pink rug, whilst still maintaining the level of detail of my more recent yellow rug. In the end, I think that I came to a happy marriage of both - though I did have a few problems along the way (not least of which was initially buying a different, more difficult brand of light green wool that I ended up sticking with - though it did lend the final rug a much softer texture). Overall, however, I'm certainly pleased with the outcome!

This rug was born out of a wish to use up (the majority of) the leftover wool that I had lying around from previous projects - also supplemented by a few additional skeins, to add a pop of colour! Whilst the sheer amount of wool that I ended up using for this rug makes display difficult, I am still very pleased with this outcome - it represents a broadening of the colour palettes I feel comfortable using in my textile work, and I am excited to further explore what sort of designs I can come up with using my pre-existing skeins of wool.

This rug was a commission for my wonderful friend Lucia, who requested a design incorporating both of her dogs. This design called for the most amount of colours in any rug I had done up to this point, and I admittedly went very ambitious with my initial design (and had to simplify some of the details, such as the fur, when the actual tufting phase of the project came around). Nevertheless, Lucia loved the finished project, and I am a big fan too. I'd love to do some more rug commissions in the future.

As with all forms of my artwork, I am always available for commissions; you can find a more detailed breakdown of my rug prices on the Instagram post shown. If you are interested in such a commission, feel free to reach out via either my Instagram, or the contact form below.