Product Detail

The Worbla® brand of thermoplastics are becoming increasingly popular throughout the UK. Available for purchase from our London Shop, or to buy online. Worldwide delivery available.

Worbla’s® Pearly Art is a new sheet form thermoplastic from the creators of Worbla’s® Finest Art. This material has been designed with artists and crafters in mind, and gives a smoother finish than Worbla's® Finest Art.

The advantages of this improved surface are:
- Reduction in the need to prime before painting
- The material can now comfortably be left 'raw'
- Enables the artist to achieve a higher level of detail on pieces

Like Worbla's® Finest Art, Worbla’s® Pearly Art shares many characteristics with Wonderflex 3™, but if you need a product that is thin with only a slight grain then choose them over Wonderflex 3™.

Easy to cut with scissors or a heat knife, it can also be cut using a laser producing very fine detail, and can be softened by using a hairdryer, hot water, steam, or a heat gun.

Stays workable for a couple of minutes. It can be reheated to a limited extent to continue to mould into shape. No toxins are released. When it cools it will be rigid. Activates at 90°C.

While its thinness has advantages it can crack or split and should be backed by Rigid Foam Sheets or Fine Cell Polystyrene if you want a more robust structure.

Any scraps can be reheated, put together and used like putty. It has one glue side which will stick to itself to create a double layer. When heated it can be stretched to create curves so is excellent for chest plates or armour. It is also possible to shape it over a mould.

Worbla’s® Pearly Art can be sanded and painted.

N.B. Although it has an attractive finish, Pearly Art may have minor blemishes from manufacturing and transport, these blemishes should not be visible once overpainted