Actually, the base material is solid 416 Grade Stainless Steel....highly polished.
Those color bands are pure copper and pure 24K gold wire inlays.
The stones are colored CZ's.
I think what really touches me is the contrast between the Stainless Steel and the silver tube.
This is the same impression I get from my silver headjoint with a zirconium crown from Robert Biggio.
But the gems! Stunning work! Congrats!
Thanks! Another thing might be the weight. I made these solid and they are about 0.50 oz.
The silver crowns I've used as dimensional models are 0.32 oz.
Shouldn't make a tonal difference because of the cork isolation.