The Oscar statuettes you saw on the Academy Awards were made thousands of miles from Hollywood, in New York's Hudson valley.

This tutorial on how to cast metal parts from 3D printed silicone molds is a perfect example of how useful a 3D printer can be when you are looking to make a custom and durable metal part at home.

If you’re helpless to know the difference, then check out [Eric Strebel]’s 9-minute masterclass teaser video on making a two-part mold for resin casting, which is also embedded below.

Rapid prototyping uses three-dimensional (3D) computer aided design to quickly fabricate a part or, alternatively, a sand mold for casting a part from metal. Currently there are many limitations with ...

For the better part of the last decade, they've been made at Urban Art Projects in Orange County ... The process begins with a mold, then a wax copy. Then from wax to the ceramic shell, 12 ...