Optically spellbinding, Brent Wadden's Alignment (10), 2013, is a magnificent example of the artist's unique fusion of painting and weaving. Using a back-strap loom, the artist blends acrylic yarns and hand-spun wools, creating individual weavings that are then stitched together and mounted onto large-scale raw canvas. Merging bold geometric patterns with traditional craftsmanship, Wadden's Alignment works straddle the boundaries between fine art, folk art and contemporary design.

The formal structure of Wadden's grid-like tessellations is subtly broken and ruptured by the natural flaws arising from his painstaking handicraft. As the canvas is stretched, the composition begins to take shape, warping a...