Hi Warren, The body is thin copper over copper wire. It was and experiment, playing with copper I had. I am trying to do one in steel now, the trick will be to solder the wings on and have them be strong enough. I'll probably do 2 or 3 shows. We have them in Prescott, in the downtown square area. Lots of tourists. I would rather sell from galleries, but they are really slow right now. Most of my stuff is large and heavy, so shows are a real pain. Lin