hand crafting

Bone Clones is a manufacturer of osteological replica models, specializing in precise, museum-quality reproductions of human and animal skulls and skeletons, as well as fossil hominids and fossil animals. Founded in 1993, the company hand-crafts its casts in Southern California using proprietary mold-making techniques and a custom-formulated polyurethane resin, with final coloring done by trained painters. Its replicas are used in forensics, pathology, anthropology, archaeology, zoology, primatology, and anatomy education.

3D printing3D scanningcastingcoloring/paintingmold makingquality control

Clear Image, Inc. is a Glendale, AZ-based manufacturer of custom acrylic awards and Lucite embedments, hand crafted in the U.S.A. by skilled artisans averaging 20 years of experience. With over 40 years in business, it is one of the few embedding companies still manufacturing in America, selling through a network of promotional product distributors.

acrylic casting/embeddingcustom mold makingfull-color printinglaser cuttinglaser engraving

Okada Design is the practice of Corinne Okada Takara, a Honolulu-based artist and STEAM educator who creates technology-integrated art projects. Her public collaborative work explores modern-day artifacts to preserve cultural heritage and memory, and she designs workshops for museums, libraries, K-12 classrooms and colleges. Her art ranges from textile mixed media wall hangings to fungus-grown chandeliers to 3D printed sculptures, blending handcrafted and digitally created components.

3D printingfungus growingpublic participatory workshopsSTEAM educationtextile mixed media