Come and buy a rug straight from my studio, have a look around or discuss a commission.

Email studio.tuft@gmail.com to book a slot.

I have just put this up on my website so all slots are available to book, as they book up I will add available slots below.

Saturday 11am- 6pm

Sunday 11am- 6pm

13 makers are at Frogmarsh Mill showing textiles, jewellery, mosaics, ceramics, bookbinding, couture, weaving, knitwear and rugs.

See Lorraine Robbins (ceramics), Nadine James (paintings) and Jessie James (rugs) come together to show their work as a homescape in Seen an exhibition in Stroud. Friday 17th of November- Sunday 3rd December.

Open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays 11am-5pm

Private view Friday 17th of November 6-9pm

Late night shopping Friday 2nd December (Stroud Goodwill)

Expect a series of cozy vignettes of creative domesticity and carefully curated pieces for your tables, floors and walls.

Jessie James, a member of the Gloucester Guild, is the owner of Studio Tuft, making luxurious woollen rugs. Inspired by Bauhaus design, Jessie creates each distinctive rug herself at her local studio. Using carefully selected, quality dead-stock yarns means that the rugs are sustainably made as well as being beautifully designed.

Nadine James is a landscape painter, working mainly with oils on canvas. Each piece starts with extensive ground research, with Nadine making many visits and pencil studies of various sites around the Stroud area. The resulting paintings are colourful, expressive views capturing fleeting moments and intricacies of the changing seasons, somehow enriching our experience of a familiar landscape.

Lorraine Robbins has worked for many years in Stroud as a college lecturer and within the creative industry. Working now as a full-time ceramicist and drawing on her fine art background, she hand- makes distinctive stoneware pieces that range from affordable tableware to one-off design pieces for the home.

'Seen...' exhibition and shop will only be open for a few weeks so be sure to pop in!

Showing 30 makers in Stroud. Private view Thursday 2nd Nov- 6-9

This is the Gloucestershire Guild fo Crafts 90th year, in celebration this exhibition at the Museum in the park will showcase the History of the Guild alongside past and present members work.

For more information see the Gloucestershire Guilds website here.

I will be part of a discussion panel on the 8th of July talking about What role can Craft Guilds play in the 21st century?

Book your free ticket here.

Exhibition Opening Hours:

Tuesday - Friday 10am to 4.30pm
Saturday - Sunday 11am to 4.30pm

I have been invited to show with the fabulous Frogmarsh Collective in the Pilates studio at Frogmarsh Mill on the 26th and 27th of November.

There are lots of wonderful makers there including:

Claire Stratton (Jewellery), Fionna Hesketh (Jewllery), Henrietta Park (Knitwear), Susan Early (Baskets), Annie Hewett (Ceramics), Ursula Jeakins (bookbinding), Shireen Morris (mixed media), Cleo Mussi (Mosaics), Tessa Tyldsley (Jewellery), Alice Early (clothing) and Mussi (Knitwear).

The Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen is very pleased to be representing the County during the prestigious Cheltenham Literature Festival again this year.

Members of the Gloucestershire Guild will be exhibiting superb craftsmanship, including a range of ceramics, jewellery, textiles, knitwear, bookbinding, furniture, leather goods and rugs by its creative makers. The exhibition will be open from 10am to 6pm daily, with extended opening until 8pm on Friday and Saturdays and finishing at 5 pm on Sunday 16th.

I will be debuting my new collection of rugs inspired by a summer of frolicking by the sea.

Artist, printmaker and tufter Jessie James is based in Gloucestershire, and will be exhibiting her new carpets in the John Street Gallery for one weekend only.

Jessie is currently designing and making hand tufted rugs based on her cross stitch, prints and drawings under the name Studio Tuft.