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PRODUCT INFORMATION
What Our Products Are Made of ::::
Alabastrite Product line name for polyresin items. Alabastrite is made from oxylite and polystone which forms a stone-based material that can be intricately molded and will allow paint to adhere.Cold-cast. Clean by dusting; do not wash with water as they are painted with water soluble paints.
Bone China White clay with bone ash added. Bone ash content must be at least 25% by U. S. guidelines. Fired at 1800 degrees. The translucent material is finished with a glaze or underglaze
(matte). Lighter, stronger, more expensive than porcelain.
Bisque Fine ground white clay, molded and fired in an oven for eight hours at 1200degrees. Finished with a glazed, underglazed, or "bisque" finish. Glazing produces a high gloss; underglaze produces a matte finish. Bisque is a matte finish without glaze. After finishing, the item is "cooked" for six hours at 800 degrees.
Diamond Extremely hard, highly refractive colorless or white crystalline of carbon. Diamonds, like all gemstones, are judged in terms of Carats, or weight (different from Karats, as in gold purity).
Cubic Zircon The most successful simulated diamond. Properties such as refraction, hardness, and specific gravity are remarkably similar to diamonds. Cubic zirconia are very hard to distinguish from diamonds; sometimes a jewelers loop will be needed to see the difference.
Dolomite Usually gray, pink, or white mineral, essentially used as a construction and ceramic material, a furnace refractory, and infertilizer. A magnesia-rich sedimentary rock resembling limestone.
Frosted Acrylic Acrylic items are given the French Lilac process, (used on glass), to achieve the distinctive frosted look. The drama of frosted glass without the weight.
Gold The ultimate precious metal. Virtually indestructible, amazingly malleable, doesn't rust or tarnish. Graded by purity; in the U.S. a scale of 24 is used, so 24 Karats (24K) is 100% pure. 18K is 18 parts gold and 6 parts alloy (other metals), and so on. 10K is the legal minimum for Karat-graded gold. The word "Plumb" indicates the exact purity of the piece.
Gemstones Rubies, sapphires, emeralds, amethysts, often treasured as birthstones Gemstones are priced and graded by Carat weight.
Gypsum Gypsum is made for a white mineral which is usually used to make Plaster of Paris.
Hong Tze Items are created using a special stone found in China, and known for its deep red color. The stone is pulverized, mixed with a binding agent and molded, much like alabastrite. Hong Tze pieces are highly polished, further bringing out the intense deep red of the stone.
Jade Porcelain Jade porcelain is a type of porcelain made with a finer clay. Usually no glaze or only a colorless glaze will be applied at the final firing to show off the very smooth surface and to preserve the translucency. Jade Porcelain is used for night lights because of its high degree of translucency when lit
Patchwork European designer fabric is stretched over Ceramic figurines, then coated with twelve layers of lacquer. Each application of lacquer is hand-polished, for a rich shine and an ultra-smooth finished texture. The texture of the fabrics can only be seen in the final pieces, not felt, because of the twelve layers of lacquer covering them.
Pearl Smooth, lustrous, variously colored round gemstone originally formed as a deposit around a grain of sand in the shells of certain shellfish. Pearls may be formed naturally or "Cultured" through an artificial implanting process.
Sterling Silver To qualify as "sterling" a given piece must be composed of a least 92.5% pure silver.
Stoneware White clay with fine ground stone. Working with stoneware demands great expertise, and is in fact becoming a lost art. Stoneware is safe to use in microwave and conventional ovens.
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