Worbla is one of the newest craft materials I have had the joy of working with! It's super versatile and easy to use. Great for making props, armour and costume details. It's very durable when it's cool and very flexible when warm.
There are a few different types of worbla and they all have their different uses. I have gotten to use Finest Art, Black Art and Transparent Art. Using the Finest Art or original worbla was definitely the easiest to use. Heats up nice and evenly, molds nicely and is super easy to work with. It has a rougher surface though, so if you want that smooth armour like finish, you will have a lot of sanding to do. And sometimes it's not really worth all the work on it. The last item I made with this was the arm guard for my Evie Frye costume. I ended up covering it with gesso and sanding it with an electric sander, and it still had a rather rough finish. The Black Art takes a little bit longer to warm up and mold making it a little harder to work with, but it has a nice smooth finish to it so you don't need to sand it down. I used this when I made my mask for Skull Kid. Because it was such a large piece it was definitely a two person job to get it to mold to the mask shape properly. The Transparent Art was the hardest to work with. It took a long time to heat, and a lot of effort to get it to take form. We used this for the eyes in Majora's mask. It looked great in the end but it was a lot of effort to work with. So have lots of patience if you are working with this one! There are multiple other types of Worbla as well: Mesh Art, Pearly Art, FlameRed, Crystal Art, Deco Art, Kobracast Art. The pearly art is one of the more used worbla's for nice smooth details. Crystal Art are small jewel like pieces of worbla. I would love to try and use the Kobracast art. It acts as an adhesive so you can attach fabric and appliqués to concave or convex surfaces! I would highly recommend that if you haven't gotten a chance to work with worbla, to get your hands on some and try it out! Check out the amazing resources and tutorials here on worbla.com
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