Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming and bonding skins to shaped articles includes a first sleeve having an open top end and a lower end closed by a bottom plate, a second sleeve having an open top end and a lower second end which is slidable arranged, and coaxially connected, with the top end of the first sleeve, a top plate, and a forming medium. The forming medium may be an elastic medium, a fluid, or a plurality of low-friction particles, and may be covered by a flexible open pore sponge blanket. The shaped article and the laminate skin to be bonded thereto are placed on the forming medium within a space defined in part by the second sleeve, and the forming medium is pressurized so as to cause the skin to form and bond to the shaped article.