A common casting medium, plaster is also a popular pick for making molds. Using this substance, which is manufactured in powder form, is ideal when you want a rigid structure to make casts as an ...

We make a lot of DIY flowers on this show, and because of this there are a lot of miscellaneous flowers floating around the office. More often than not, after we finish a segment, we simply have ...

Roll out a piece of clay—I like polymer-based Super-Sculpey—about 8 inches square and of roughly even thickness, about three-quarters of an inch. Once it's smooth, cut off the edges to make a square.

Slip casting can be messy both in processing and in making the original plaster mold. What if there was a better way, thanks to 3D printing? [Allie Katz] has developed a new technique using 3D printed ...