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Alabastrite:
A product line name for polyresin items.
Alabastrite is a stone-based material that can be intricately
molded producing great detail, and will allow paint to adhere.
These items may be cleaned by dusting; however, they should not be
washed with water as they are painted with water soluble paints.
The garden products made from alabastrite are stone finish, and are
designed to be placed outdoors.
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.
Porcelain:
Fine ground white clay, molded and fired in an oven
for eight hours at 1200 degrees and finished with a glazed, underglazed,
or "bisque" finish. Glazing
produces a high gloss; and underglaze produces a matte finish.
Bisque is a matte finish without glaze.
After finishing, the item is "cooked" for six hours at
800 degrees.
Jade
Porcelain: 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. Example: 27112. Jade
Porcelain is used for night lights because of its high degree of
translucency when lit.
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.
Patchwork
Items: Unique fabric or
paper prints are applied to the surface of porcelain, dolomite or
polyresin items. After
application, 12 layers of lacquer are added and the item is hand polished
to a high gloss between each layer.
Sterling
Silver: To
qualify as "sterling" a given piece must be composed of a least
92.5% pure silver.
Hong
Tze: To closely emulate a
special stone found in China which is known for its deep red color, these
items are created using an alabastrite polyresin.
Hong Tze pieces are highly polished, further bringing out the
intense, deep red color.
Frosted
Acrylic: Acrylic items
are given the French Lilac process, (used on glass), to achieve the
distinctive frosted look. Example:
27205. The drama of frosted glass without the weight.
Gypsum:
A white mineral usually used to make Plaster of Paris.
Dolomite:
A magnesia-rich, sedimentary rock resembling limestone.
Dolomite is either gray, pink or white in color.
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