Bronze a metal with a fantastic antique artistic look. made with 3 parts copper and one part tin, approx.
It withstands time and takes on a beautiful copper-green patina after a few hundred years
Bronze was the stainless steel of antiquity, reasonably hard and easy to cast and forge.

The tech;
the design work is done with Metaseq(uoia a 3D polygon modeling software created by Osamu Mizuno for 3D computer graphics. Frequently abbreviated as "Metaseq" or "Meta" it is a patch and poly modeler. Wikipedia). And then printed in wax and cast "cire perdue" by Shapeways.
(cire perdue = Lost-wax casting is the process by which a duplicate metal sculpture is cast from an original sculpture. Intricate works can be achieved by this method. The oldest known example of this technique is a 6,000-year old amulet from the Indus Valley Civilization. Wikipedia)