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Namaste | Mixed Media by RJ Art. Item composed of steel compatible with contemporary and modern style
Namaste | Mixed Media by RJ Art. Item composed of steel compatible with contemporary and modern style
Namaste | Mixed Media by RJ Art. Item composed of steel compatible with contemporary and modern style
Namaste | Mixed Media by RJ Art. Item composed of steel compatible with contemporary and modern style
Namaste | Mixed Media by RJ Art. Item composed of steel compatible with contemporary and modern style
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Namaste | Mixed Media by RJ Art. Item composed of steel compatible with contemporary and modern style

Created and Sold by RJ Art

RJ Art

Namaste - Mixed Media

Price $14,000

Creation: 8-10 weeks
Shipping: FedEx 7-10 days
Estimated Arrival: February 12, 2025

Handmade

Made In USA

Locally Sourced

DimensionsWeight
46H x 50W x 36D in
116.84H x 127W x 91.44D cm
90.72 kg
200 lb

Painted metal sculpture Namaste by RJ Art

Collection: Curved Space Sculptures

Namaste is a pairing of Bold with Sentinel

The large version of Namaste is a kinetic sculpture , suitable for outdoor installation. The sculpture suggests a lively encounter in a spirit of greeting, openness, and joy with its kinetic motion and vibrant, contrasting colors . It’s designed for the outdoors where the sculpture's reflective surfaces also give a sense of connection with the environment. The asymmetric forms and colored shapes change with viewing direction, and reinforce a a feeling of motion.

Separately, the pieces have their particular identities:

Balancing on edge, Bold captures attention but seems open and welcoming. The sculpture has different shapes painted with the colors lavender/black/green. Shapes and placement are identical on each side but the lavender and green shapes have exchanged their colors from side to side.

Sentinel suggests standing, observing, reconnaissance. The painted figures on the sculpture are two conjoined monochromatic shapes of grey and black. Shapes and placement are identical on each side but the black and grey shapes have exchanged their colors from side to side.
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Images of Namaste show the sculpture in a variety of contexts, including a video showing its kinetic behavior in a garden with a summer breeze. Also shown are images from the garden, an indoor photo shoot, and an image from the public-art installation (Fayetteville , NC). Namaste is installed (one year) at the Arts Council/Fayetteville-Cumberland public art-walk at Artscape7/Fayetteville NC.

Design Concepts and Creation

Namaste is an example of our larger-scale sculpture offerings. It is approximately four (4) feet in height. Namaste is listed in our offerings as made-to- order.

All of the works in this series usually are made first at studio size (e.g., 12 to 20 inch high) , and all can be readily fabricated to approximately five (5) feet in height. All pieces shown in the smaller (approx 20 inch size) , when scaled to large size, will show some degree of kinetic/wind behavior. (Scaling to approximately seven (7) feet high would be done with available contract commercial fabrication resources. )

Pricing for larger sizes of all other pieces will be determined upon inquiry.

Following studio design of sculptural forms and artwork, fabrication is completed with corrosion resistant stainless steel, (automotive/aerospace ) paint/finish, and a resilient base/mounting composite construction. This ensures resiliency of a construction that has robust , colorful artwork and requires minimal maintenance for outdoor use. Final finishing and assembly onto base/mounting is done in the certified facilities of JD Henley Creations/Byron MN. Defect-free, automotive quality (urethane/acrylic) paint finishes are applied under exclusive contract in the Twin Cities ( JD Henley Creations/Rochester MN) .

Item Namaste
Created by RJ Art
As seen in Creator's Studio, Minneapolis, MN
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Meet the Creator
Wescover creator since 2023
Exploring curved space

The sculptural works shown as the "Curved Space " series are new and have been made in the last two years. They represent the work of my studio RJ Art .
Making art is an endeavor that came along later in life as my education (chemistry and biophysics) and work career have been in scientific research, technology development, and industrial design and manufacturing. Though mostly showing a left-brained orientation, it’s a background that is helpful in creation of sculptural design and fabrication! Familiarity with materials and processing is critical for creation of sculptural forms that are minimal in maintenance, resilient to weather and sun, flexible for kinetic behavior in the wind, and structurally sound.

My transition to a more right-brained venture in the creative arts was motivated mostly by the onset of the Covid pandemic.
Also I had a life-long interest in art and architecture as well as familiarity with the process and thrills of art-making: my mother (Johanna Jordan) was a prominent sculptor in So.California during the ‘70s –‘90s and there was a lot of art-making and art-speak around the house! Johanna had transitioned from painting to sculpture earlier, and she made extensive use of color highlighting in her sculptural works. I like this approach and have ended up embracing this practice in my work. I also like the work of Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Alexander Calder, Constantine Brancusi, as well as the architectural creations of John Lautner and Frank Gehry.

In the midst of Covid, art-creation was salvation, empowering, and it was resistance. “What can I do with what I have”, “I wonder if I can do that?”. It was a way to connect with family, friends, public, to express hope and create beauty. I found that spontaneous impressions offered by others---all people, chosen randomly----were perceptive and valuable, because they were honest and provided a good measure of my effectiveness of creating what I wished.

Inspiration for my work comes from observing the natural world – it’s form, motion, structural substance, and properties of natural light. The sculptures are studies in positive and negative space balance, and the transformations of spatial relationships of painted figures on curved surfaces. In this spirit all sculptures are made for interior as well as exterior use .

I hope that these creations will intrigue, lift the spirit, and bring joy to people’s lives.