Cloud Swing Public Art Fabrication at Grounds For Sculpture
LOCATION: Hamilton, New Jersey
DESIGN: A cloud-shaped, electric-blue swing sculpture by Isometric Studio, built with curved steel pipe, tripod supports, three plank swings, and two wheelchair-accessible swings arranged to invite shared play.
Serett provided engineering and fabrication for Cloud Swing, a public art installation designed by Brooklyn-based Isometric Studio and presented at Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey. The sculpture combines the familiar joy of a playground swing with the ambition of architectural-scale public art, creating a place where movement, access, and beauty meet in open air. Grounds For Sculpture describes the piece as a cloud-shaped metal canopy with three plank swings and two wheelchair-accessible swings facing one another to encourage community and belonging.
The structure moves through the landscape like a bright blue line drawn against the trees. Its curved steel canopy loops overhead in a loose cloud form, supported by slender tripod legs that give the piece both strength and lightness. Beneath it, the swings are arranged not in a straight row, but in conversation with one another. Riders face inward, creating a shared experience rather than a private one.
The color is immediate and memorable. Painted in a vivid electric blue, Cloud Swing stands out against the green lawn, wooded paths, and changing seasons around it. In summer, it feels crisp and playful against the grass. In fall, it cuts a brilliant line through the gold and orange leaves. The effect is simple from a distance, but highly considered up close: bent steel, clean welds, suspended seating, accessible swing platforms, and a sculptural frame that must carry both visual elegance and real use.
For Serett, the project reflects the precision required when public art becomes interactive. This was not only a sculpture to look at. It had to be fabricated for motion, load, safety, accessibility, durability, and repeated public use. The work required curved steel fabrication, structural coordination, custom swing components, finish work, shop testing, and installation planning. Isometric Studio notes that Cloud Swing is formed from more than 100 feet of curved steel pipe and that Serett engineered and fabricated the sculpture.
The result is a rare kind of public artwork: bright but not shallow, playful but carefully engineered, accessible without feeling clinical. Cloud Swing shows how custom metal fabrication can support civic spaces, cultural institutions, museums, parks, and public art projects where design intent and structural performance have to work together.
This project highlights Serett’s capabilities in public art fabrication, custom steel fabrication, curved steel pipe work, interactive sculpture, accessible design fabrication, architectural metalwork, and large-scale outdoor installations for artists, designers, museums, parks, and cultural institutions.
