Jo Westfall
Welding Scales – Woven Assemblage, 2024
Welding Spools, Piano Wire 40" x 53" x 4"
Machined to completion, the chord resounds
Jo Westfall
Copper Prosody, 2022
Repurposed machinery wheel, guitar strings, copper wire, drum snare, hand-forged metal hook, reclaimed pulley About 18 x 20 x 6 inches
The factory shut, the strings broke, but... I will continue to play.
Jo Westfall
Blow In It, 2022
Pnuematic hose, game controllers, phone cables, piano parts, coated wire clothes hangers, and AV cables. 36" x 33" x 5.5"
Woven assemblage
Jo Westfall
The Queen’s Astronomer, 2022
Repurposed fabric and yarns, computer keyboard cables, drum tuners, piano parts, chair springs, zip ties, and phone cables. 44" x 45" x 4"
Woven assemblage made from repurposed materials
Jo Westfall
Red Phone At Night, 2018
Rotary phone parts, yarn, stair railing 1' x 2'
Jo Westfall
Wrought Atlas Rendered, 2021
reclaimed fabric, piano wire, welding spools, coated wiring, and small bells 3' x 5'
Jo Westfall
Insulation Theory, 2019
Polyester fleece, repurposed fabric, D-rings 3' x 5' x 2'
The idea: create a winter garment that is as warm as possible without using fur. Using the idea that the hairs in fur act as tiny pillars of insulation, this coat was built to retain warmth by attaching materials to the liner so that they would rest perpendicular to the wearer. The fleece was cut from a stack of samples, most of which were marked with a white paint pen. Evidence of these marks shows up on the cut sides of the rolls, which adds to the surface patterns.
Jo Westfall
Rising From Rust, 2019
Manhole ring, metal banding, piano wire, copper wire, canning lids, washers, and trampoline springs - all sourced from Mansfield, Ohio area. 3' x 3'
Exhibited during invitational event at Richland Source solutions-based journalism in Mansfield, Ohio
Jo Westfall
Running Sound, 2022
Various musical elements including: Speaker cable, instrument cable, microphone cable, guitar and piano strings, drumsticks, drum tuners, piano wood, guitar pedals, and recycled coated wiring 4' x 4'
Recycled and repurposed materials. Most of the elements of the piece were played by musicians until they were no longer usable. On display in 2022 at Denton Materials Hard and Soft exhibit, and University of North Texas School of Music.
Jo Westfall
Foltz Machine Assemblage, 2019
Elements from the processes of a machine shop in Ohio, including broken tools, metal scraps, wiring, and woven shipping straps. 27" x 34"
Foltz Machine is a precision job shop in Canton, Ohio. Machinists contributed worn out tooling and elements of their processes, resulting in an assemblage to be hung in their reception office.