Hanging Butterfly Fabric Mobiles

Butterflies represent transformation and new beginnings. Translucent fabric in vivid colors creates beautiful butterflies. Lightweight and flexible, the butterflies move in the air, adding color and vibrancy to any space. Whether it’s a butterfly sculpture exhibit, an interior suspended mobile sculpture, or hanging birds and flying things, Banner Art Studio can bring your vision to life. Let’s get started with project planning. Call us or fill out the contact form below and Mettje will give you a call back. Banner Art Studio will fabricate a new design just for you, highlighting your organizational objectives and enhancing the building’s architectural style.

Transform Interior Spaces With Butterfly Suspended Fabric Sculpture

These are some of the suspended mobile butterfly sculptures at the Biosphere Potsdam that were installated in October 2023.

The Longwing Tropical butterfly is one of the few butterflies whose wings are notably longer than any other shapes

The Blue Morpheus Butterfly is very large and very blue. Their popularity is due to the iridescence of their wings

A blue boat is in the middle of some green plants.
A butterfly is hanging in the air

Mellow Yellow

Tropical White Butterfly installed, 2023
A butterfly shaped kite flying in the sky.

Priamus Design by Mettje Swift copyright 2023

“Priamus” suspended butterfly installed 2023

A butterfly is hanging in the air

Outdoor Butterfly Sculpture on stainless steel frames and poles

The Indianapolis Zoo commissioned Mettje to create and celebrate their Butterfly Exhibit. The butterflies are Mobile Sculptures, two per pole mount. The large and colorful butterfly sculptures are approximately nine feet in wingspan from tip to tip of the top wings and from wing tip to bottom edge is about 7 feet. READ MORE ...

A colorful sculpture of an animal in the middle of a building.

Outdoor Butterfly Trees surround the Conservatory at the Indianapolis Zoo in the White River Gardens. They announce an annual butterfly exhibit. Each has stainless steel armature and translucent banner nylon. The sculptures are fifteen feet in height. The poles and stands are made of stainless steel pipe and tubing.

A colorful display of kites in the lobby.

Butterfly Exhibits use structured and sculpted butterflies to create kinetic art installations. The large-scale butterflies humanize the environments and attract interest.  The art adds motion, color and brightness to create an inviting atmosphere.

A group of colorful kites flying in the air.

Mettje’s butterflies have become a hallmark of her work. Butterfly Pavilions, Butterfly Gardens and Exhibit Halls are her main clients. Zoos, Aquariums and Museums enjoy the attention that butterfly mobiles bring.

Interior Suspended Mobile Sculpture

Balanced large scale mobiles have multiple separate parts that balance from one another. Each part balances from the others above and the whole mobile hangs from one point at the ceiling. The open style, classic mobile art fills atriums and hallways using any lighting to brighten the space. READ MORE ...

A colorful display of kites in the lobby.

 “Transformation†is the meaning of butterflies in most cultures. This suspended mobile hangs from one point. It represents the stages of life inthe entry 3-story atrium at Terrebonne Medical Center. This is a full view from the bottom looking up, showing the butterfly stages of life

A colorful display of kites in the lobby.

“Butterfly and Water Dropletsâ€

The theme of the mobile represents a company which purifies water for distribution headquartered in Mexico City, MX. In this small, well lighted atrium, the mobile adds intimacy to the space at the same time that it  represents the corporate logo. 

A ceiling with many colorful kites hanging from it.

In-Studio photo of hand stitching the Terrebonne monarch butterfly cover to the stainless tubing frame. Banner Art Production Studio (

A colorful display of kites in the lobby.

“Flutterby Hallwayâ€

Crystal River Elementary School in Carbondale, CO chose this playful installation to go down an atrium hallway from one side of the school to the other.

Hanging Birds and Flying Things

Bird sculptures fly through the air, visually catch attention, as they turn and dip. Suspended from cable, lightweight, easy to put up and take down, all are suitable for many settings. They offer a kind of wayfaring system. Large institutions can mark their hallways and direct people to their destination, mapping the way. READ MORE ...

A colorful display of kites in the lobby.

Crystal River Elementary School in Carbondale, Colorado commissioned small birds and butterfly mobiles to tie two wings and the second floor together and create a “flow†marking the way for students and visitors alike. 

A ceiling with many colorful kites hanging from it.

Showing the Autumn Colorado Blue Jay mobile cluster (one of four seasons) in the Upper Rio Grande School. Suspended and rotating, each mobile of each season is a stand alone artistic mobile.

A colorful display of kites in the lobby.

“Wheeling Warblerâ€

Wheeling University in Wheeling, West Virginia wanted to absorb sound and add beauty to the University Student Center. One whole wall of the atrium is glass and the suspended sculpture in motion can be seen from outside also.

A colorful sculpture of an animal in the middle of a building.

A colorful display of kites in the lobby.

A colorful display of kites in the lobby.

Let's Get Started with project planning.

Please call or click the button below and fill out the contact formto request a quote. Mettje will give you a call back. Banner Art Studio makes original and new designs just for you. The final work will highlight your organizational objectives and enhance the building’s architectural style.