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Who we are, where we came from, and what this flying art project is really about.
Metalbird is a global art project disguised as a bird sculpture brand. It started as a bit of street art in a quiet backyard and grew into the world’s largest flock of steel birds. Every Metalbird is cut from weathering steel, designed to rust beauti
Phil Walters — Kiwi designer, artist, and bird nerd. Phil’s a former street artist who welded the first Metalbird in secret as a tribute. What began as a one-off turned into a global art project that’s landed in hundreds of thousands of backyards. St
Both. And that’s the point. Metalbird is the world’s largest outdoor art installation made of corten steel. What is the Metalbird Art Project?. The Metalbird Art Project started with a street installation in New Zealand and took flight around the wor
Right here in the USA. Our birds are made from premium American corten steel and cut locally — not shipped in from overseas or churned out in bulk. That’s what gives them their distinctive weathering, and why they last. No offshore shortcuts. Just pr
Yes. And not in a greenwashed, slap-a-sticker-on-it kind of way. Made from long-lasting, recyclable corten steel. Plastic-free packaging, fully curbside recyclable. We support real conservation groups like the American Bird Conservancy. When you put
Yes — with real partners and real impact. In every country we operate. We proudly support the American Bird Conservancy (ABC), a nonprofit doing critical work to protect native bird species and restore their habitats. We contribute a portion of proce