What Are Our Products Made Of?
Alabastrite
Alabastrite is D&Z Enterprises product line name
for polyresin items. Alabastrite is a stone-based material which 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.
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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 under glaze (matte).
Lighter, stronger, more expensive than porcelain.
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Porcelain
Fine ground white clay, molded and fired in an
oven for eight hours at 1200 degrees. Finished with a glazed, under
glazed, or "bisque" finish. Glazing produces a high gloss; under glaze
produces a matte finish. Bisque is a matte finish without glaze. After
finishing, the item is "cooked" for six hours at 800 degrees.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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Gemstones
Rubies, sapphires, emeralds and amethysts, often
treasured as birthstones, fall under the category of gemstones.
(Birthstones are listed in the back of your WOP catalog.) Gemstones
are priced and graded by Carat weight.
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Pearl
A smooth, lustrous, variously-colored deposit
formed around a grain of sand in the shell of a certain mollusk.
Pearls may be formed naturally or "cultured" through an artificial
implanting process.
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Sterling Silver
To qualify as "sterling" a given piece must be
composed of a least 92.5% pure silver.
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Hong Tze
To closely emulate a special stone found in
China which is known for its deep red color. Hong Tze pieces are
highly polished, further bringing out the intense, deep red color.
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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.
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Gypsum
Gypsum is a white mineral which is usually used
to make Plaster of Paris.
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Dolomite
A magnesia-rich, sedimentary rock resembling
limestone, dolomite is either gray, pink or white in color.
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Crystal
These beautiful, solid prisms are made of
optically pure 30% perfectly faceted leaded crystal. The quality and
purity of these crystals are the best in the world.
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