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Fashion
Architecture
Textiles
Design
photo JESSICA FERN FACETTE
Textiles
Threading
the Mind
In her debut solo exhibition Symptomatology, Edmonton textile artist Jessica Fern
Facette weaves a personal journey into vibrant form. Diagnosed with ADHD in her 40s,
the founder of Fern’s School of Craft recognized the calming, rhythmic act of weaving as
a form of bilateral stimulation — a therapeutic technique that engages both hemispheres
of the brain. Her sculptural tubes and double-woven panels blend order and chaos,
reflecting the sensory experience of neurodivergence. With bright primary colours
nodding to childhood, the works are both joyful and self-aware, inviting viewers to
consider cognition not as disorder, but as biological design. On view at Alberta Craft
Council Discovery Gallery until July 12.
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