Metal Bird - Tūī Plant Stake 70cm

The sight of a tūī perched on a wire can bring a tear to the eye of the most hardened Kiwi, but how about one coming out of your Calathea? Metalbirds can go anywhere in your garden with these pretty-as-a-picture plant stakes made in our classic Corten® weathering steel. Get a tui stake and give your plants the love – and support – they need to thrive.

Contains two pieces - each 35cm high, so 70cm when assembled

Easy to assemble - simply slide the two joints together to complete the stake

Suitable for indoor and outdoor plants

Crafted in 3mm Corten® 'weathering' Steel, which forms a beautiful patina that changes with the seasons

It is the perfect gift for the plant parent in your life

Measurements of Box:

Length: 31 cm

Width: 1cm

Height: 21cm

Weight: 300g

METAL BIRD

Metalbird is the brainchild of Phil Walters, an industrial designer and lover of street art and New Zealand’s native flora and fauna.

His handcrafted artworks bring together his passions: the tough, 3mm Corten® steel and stencil design, a nod to his urban art roots. The birds are inspired by the mysterious, satirical street artist Banksy – the stencils look as if street art has turned 3D.

Metalbird started as a guerrilla street art project. All over New Zealand’s North Island, more than 40 life-sized, Metalbird stencils appeared. In parks, in fences and on power poles – anywhere you’d least expect. And people loved them.

"Our designs represent some of New Zealand’s most precious birdlife. Art isn’t just something you see on a gallery wall – it can be the way the light shines through a coloured window or the splash of spray-paint on a city overpass. Art can be something you see, hear, taste or touch. But most of all, it’s something you experience – bringing with it memories and emotions"