Metalbird grew from a New Zealand Street Art Project I started back in 2009. I created and installed metal bird silhouettes around my neighborhood, just for fun. Amazingly, people felt an instant connection to them, and I was flooded with requests from friends and strangers alike.

It began in a tiny garden shed, and roughly 10 years later Metalbird has become a sprawling global art project. I didn’t see it coming, I’m not sure anyone did, and yet not a day goes by that I’m not profoundly grateful for all of it.

With the simple tap of a hammer, this beautifully crafted, life-like bird silhouette will transform your backyard, garden or environment into a work of art, bringing delight to anyone who encounters it.

Metalbird isn’t just about the birds though. As you’ll see if you scroll down a little further, it’s also about producing locally and ethically, not to mention sustainably. It’s about giving back to the birds that inspire us by supporting bird conservation efforts worldwide. Most recently (and excitingly) we’re working to get B Corp certified, which will qualify us as a business that operates at a highly ethical standard.

We love what we do. We do it the best. We hope it shows.

— Phil Walters, Creator of Metalbird

Birds are universally beloved, and heavily symbolic to many. It’s a sad fact, however, that their environments have been decimated and many bird populations are rapidly dwindling. As a business that profits from the mere existence of birds, it’s only right that we work equally hard at protecting, nurturing and championing them.

We do this by supporting bird conservations all over the world, raising money, releasing limited edition birds and donating the profits, raising awareness and sometimes even rolling up our own damn sleeves and planting some native trees.

Without trying to bore you, here’s a slice of what we’ve been up to in the last few years:

• We help New Zealand's Forest & Bird do their urgent protection work.
• We support the conservation work of Ducks Unlimited Canada.
• We helped Birdlife Australia in the wake of the devastating bushfires.
• We drew attention to threatened Godwit breeding grounds with a giant Metalbird in The Netherlands.
• We’ve joined the fight to save Samoa’s national bird, the Manumea.
• We’re contributing to the American Bird Conservancy’s fearless fight to save wild birds across the Americas.
• We’re partnering with Birdlife International to support five critically endangered bird species.

And we mean it when we say that this is just the beginning..