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                                EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
                                      BETWEEN
                               EARTHSHELL CORPORATION
                                        AND
                               WILLIAM F. MCLAUGHLIN

          This Employment Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as of 
March 23, 1998 (the "Effective Date") by and between EarthShell Corporation, 
a Delaware corporation with its principal office located in Santa Barbara, 
California (the "Company"), and William F. McLaughlin, an individual 
("Executive").

                                  AGREEMENT

          1.   SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE COMPANY.  Commencing as of April 13,
1998 ("Start Date"), Executive shall be employed by the Company as its President
and Chief Operating Officer and Executive agrees to such employment.  During the
term of this Agreement, Employee shall devote all of his regular working hours
to the business and welfare of the Company and its subsidiaries.  Executive,
however, may spend a reasonable amount of time with respect to charitable and
civic activities (including serving on the board of directors of charitable
organizations) and may make personal investments or conduct private business
affairs to the extent that such activities do not materially interfere with the
services required under this Agreement.

          2.   COMPENSATION TO EXECUTIVE.

               (a)  BASE SALARY.  During the term of this Agreement, the Company
shall pay to Executive a base salary in the amount of $450,000 per annum,
payable in accordance with the normal payment pattern of the Company, not to be
less frequently than monthly. The Base Salary shall commence to accrue on the
Start Date.

               (b)  STOCK OPTIONS.  Pursuant to the Company's 1995 Stock
Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), on the Effective Date, the Company shall grant to
Executive options to acquire 200,000 shares of the Company's common stock (based
on a 262 for one stock split) at an exercise price equal to the price per share
at which the Company's common stock is first sold to the public in its initial
public offering.  Such options shall vest at the rate of 25% on each anniversary
of the Effective Date.  All options shall become fully vested on the fourth
anniversary of the Effective Date.

               (c)  ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.  Executive may also be entitled to
receive (i) an annual bonus, the amount of which shall be determined by the
Compensation Committee (the "Compensation Committee") of the Company's Board of
Directors (the "Board"), in its sole discretion, and (ii) options or other
rights to acquire the Company's common stock pursuant to the Plan, under such
terms and conditions as are determined by the Stock Option Committee (the
"Option Committee") of the Board in its sole discretion.  In making such


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determinations, the Compensation Committee and Option Committee shall consider,
among other things, the annual financial results of the Company, meeting
critical milestones in the business plan and Executive's contributions thereto.

          3.   EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.  The Company shall provide to Executive each
of the following benefits:

               (a)  BUSINESS EXPENSES.  The Company shall pay or reimburse 
Executive for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Executive in 
the course of providing his services hereunder and which are consistent with 
the Company's expense reimbursement guidelines or policies.  Such 
reimbursement shall be made by the Company within thirty (30) days after 
receipt of a statement therefor from Executive setting forth in reasonable 
detail the expenses for which reimbursement is requested, accompanied by 
reasonable documentation evidencing such expenses.

               (b)  INSURANCE COVERAGE AND BENEFITS.  Beginning on the Start 
Date, the Company shall provide Executive, at the Company's expense, coverage 
under the major medical, hospitalization, disability and other insurance 
programs maintained by the Company for its officers generally, or if none is 
made for its officers generally, its employees generally, including any 
benefit plans that are provided by the Company subsequent to the Date of this 
Agreement. In addition, Executive shall receive on the Start Date all other 
Company-provided benefits, including sick pay benefits, that are, from time 
to time, made available by the Company to its officers generally or, if not 
made to its officers generally, its employees generally. Executive shall be 
entitled to four weeks paid vacation each year.

          4.   TERMINATION.  Executive's employment hereunder may be terminated
upon thirty (30) days written notice by Executive or the Company, provided that
if Company terminates Executive's employment for other than cause, Executive
shall be entitled to severance pay equal to 100% of his annual base salary. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall not be entitled to any severance
payment if his employment shall be terminated for cause.  Cause means the
occurrence of any of the following events: (i) willful and continued failure (to
include such failure due to (a) death or (b) disability for a consecutive period
of ninety (90) days or more) by the Executive to substantially perform his
duties with the Company; provided, however, that the Executive must be notified
by the Company or any such failure to perform his duties and shall have thirty
(30) days from the date of such notice to cure such failure; (ii) any act by the
Executive of fraud, misappropriation, dishonesty, embezzlement or similar
conduct against the Company; or (iii) indictment or conviction of the Executive
for a felony or any other crime involving moral turpitude.

          5.   CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.  Executive agrees to
execute and deliver to the Company its standard non-disclosure agreement with
respect to the Company's confidential and proprietary information. Such
agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Date.


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          6.   GENERAL PROVISIONS.

               (a)  NOTICES.  Any notice to be given pursuant to this 
Agreement shall be in writing and, in the absence of receipted hand delivery, 
shall be deemed duly given when mailed, if the same shall be sent by 
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or by a nationally 
recognized overnight courier, and the mailing date shall be deemed the date 
from which all time periods pertaining to a date of notice shall run.  
Notices shall be addressed to the parties at the following addresses:

     If to the Company, to:   EarthShell Corporation
                              800 Miramonte Drive
                              Santa Barbara, California 93109
                              Attention:  Chairman of the Board

     If to Executive, to:     William F. McLaughlin
                              12333 Michaelsford Road
                              Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030

               (b)  SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.  This Agreement shall be binding 
upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and any successors whether 
by merger, consolidation, transfer of substantially all assets or similar 
transaction, and it shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of 
Executive and his heirs and legal representatives.  This Agreement is 
personal to Executive and shall not be assignable by Executive.

               (c)  WAIVER OF BREACH.  The waiver by the Company or Executive 
of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the other shall not operate 
or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by the other.

               (d)  ENTIRE AGREEMENT/AMENDMENT.  This Agreement shall 
constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to 
the subject matter hereof, and shall supersede all previous oral and written 
and all contemporaneous oral negotiations, commitments, agreements and 
understandings relating hereto.  Any amendment to this Agreement shall be 
effective only if it is in writing and signed by the parties to this 
Agreement.

               (e)  APPLICABLE LAW.  The validity of this Agreement and the 
interpretation and performance of all of its terms shall be construed and 
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California without 
reference to choice or conflict of law principles.

               (f)  SEVERABILITY.  Any provision of this Agreement that is 
deemed invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to 
that jurisdiction and subject to this paragraph, be ineffective to the extent 
of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, without affecting in any 
way the remaining provisions hereof in such jurisdiction or rendering that or 
any other provision of this Agreement invalid, illegal or unenforceable in 
any other jurisdiction.  If any covenant should be deemed invalid, illegal or 
unenforceable because its scope is considered 


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excessive, such covenant shall be modified so that the scope of the covenant 
is reduced only to the minimum extent necessary to render the modified 
covenant valid, legal and enforceable.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as 
of the date first above written.


                                 EARTHSHELL CORPORATION,
                                 a Delaware corporation

                                 By:
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                                 Title:
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                                 WILLIAM F. McLAUGHLIN
          


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