TUTTO STUDIO houses the projects of Barrett Purdum and Lisa Foti-Straus. Many of these are collaborations, all are influenced by working together. We can be contacted at scusi@tuttostudio.com

Lisa Foti-Straus
Thinking as an artist and as a designer, I have worked in different mediums and scales, from film to wood, pots to structures. In 2008, I co-founded Gravel & Gold in San Francisco where I designed silkscreened textiles for our in house clothing line and co-ran our shop until 2015. Working with the wonderful makers we represented, I was exposed to many paths of creative life. Through Lloyd Kahn, whose Shelter Publications we carried at the shop, I was directed to the Heartwood School in Western Massachusetts, where trained in timber frame building over several summers. In 2017 I entered the Furniture Design program at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 2019.

As a continuation of these varied impulses to make, I have been working with Barrett, jointly, as TUTTO Studio.

Barrett Purdum
In 2008, I co-founded the mens clothing brand Taylor Stitch. The journey started from a business-driven interest in creating clothing that fit better. The path to then growing an apparel company both necessitated and awakened a passion for design and fabrication. Eight years later, I found myself increasingly intrigued by the process of making things.

In order to be near RISD where Lisa was studying, we moved to Providence RI where I started a silkscreen studio practice in 2017. Under the label Rhode Island Color Experiment I designed and printed textiles for yardage and clothing as well as a few works on paper. 

A concurrent and growing interest in building and timber framing led to working at the Heartwood School over several program cycles and to the formation of TUTTO Studio. With Lisa, I am now co-designing objects and structures, putting all of my experience and skills to work in the design and buildout of a cabin in Sorrento Maine. I also work solo on my own concepts and on business mentorship for small business owners.