Precision
We finish two to four rugs a month. Not because we can't go faster, because going faster would change what the rug is.
The Tuft & The Thread
A studio of
two hands,
a frame, and time.
A short letter
I started Tuft & Thread because I wanted to make the kind of rug that remembered the room it was made for. Its light, its proportions, the people who would stand on it barefoot every morning. We are not a factory. We will never be a factory. Each rug is a six-to-twelve week conversation, and that is the point.
— Tomi A., Founder
120Hrs per rug, avg.
1 of 1Edition size
NZ WoolPrimary fibre
6–12Weeks lead time
The Tuft · NG``05°07′N · 07°22′E
What we hold
Four quiet pillars.
Same Set of Hands
We are a closed team, we tuft, carve, and sign the back. No outsourcing, no white-labelling.
Honest Materials
100% New Zealand wool pile on woven cotton primary, latex-sealed and cotton-backed. Nothing synthetic, nothing printed.
Made in Aba
Designed, dyed, and tufted in Aba. We're proud of the postcode and we put it on the label.
Founder
Tomi A. designer, dyer, tufter.
Trained as an architect in Lagos and Milan, Tomi spent six years drawing buildings before picking up a tufting gun in 2020. The first piece was made for her own apartment. The second was made for a friend. The studio quietly grew from there.
Today she leads every commission from the first conversation to the final hand-wash, with a small team of two who help with stretching, carving, and binding.
- Trained
- Lagos · Milan
- Tufting since
- 2020
- Studio team
- Three
- Pieces to date
- Forty-two
Press & Features
In print.
- Architectural Digest MEA2024 · Studio Visit
- Native Magazine2023 · The Quiet Makers
- Apartamento2024 · Issue 33, Lagos
- The Sole Adventurer2023 · In Conversation
The Studio Door
Come by — by appointment.
We host one client at a time on Wednesdays and Fridays, between 11am and 4pm. Walk through current works on the frame, hold the wool, talk through your room.
- Address
- 14 Ikot Ekpene Road
Aba, Abia State - Hours
- Wed & Fri · 11–16
- Studio
- studio@tuftandthread.ng