Worbla’s Crystal Art

Crystal Art to create incredibly flexible pieces

Crystal Art offers an alternative for those who can’t resin cast due to time, space, or health. The ''ice crystals'' that will bend with a bodysuit or claws that will flex but never break no matter how many steps aretaken. It also has a memory like rubber, which means if it is stretched out and cooled, when re-heated it will want to ‘rebound’ to a more compressed shape.

• Activates at 110°C 230°F ( requires gloves to be worked safely)
• Can be rolled out to thin strips or sculpted into simple shapes
  
• Also pressed into molds and blended with other Worbla
• Has a higher activation temperature and thermal conductivity

Use heat resistant gloves with latex or nitrile gloves over top, and keep gloves/tools wet so that Crystal Art doesn’t stick to things or you

Working with Worbla’s Crystal / Deco Art

Can be painted or tinted with sharpies, alcohol inks, resin dyes and polyester dyes.

• In a pot of boiling water:
  Do not use a pot you will use for food again. Heat water to boiling and using a metal strainer add Crystal Art pellets until they turn glossy

• In the microwave:
  In a silicone cupcake mold, add pellets with enough water to cover them. Microwave in short bursts of 10-20 seconds to start, and 10 seconds each time after, until pellets are malleable. Drain water

• With a heat gun:
  In a silicone cupcake mold or ceramic bowl that will not be used again, add pellets. Holding the heat gun 10-12 inches away, use a medium or low setting to begin to heat the pellets. When they start to become malleable and form a clump, a higher setting can be used.