Article and method of forming an article

A method of forming an article, the method comprising:

• providing a metallic powder;
• heating the metallic powder to a temperature sufficient to join at least a portion of the metallic powder to form an initial layer;
• sequentially forming additional layers in a build direction by providing a distributed layer of the metallic powder over the initial layer and heating the distributed layer of the metallic powder to a temperature sufficient to join at least a portion of the distributed layer of the metallic powder and join the formed additional layers to underlying layers;
• repeating the steps of sequentially forming the additional layers in the build direction to form a portion of the article having a hollow space formed in the build direction;
• and then
• melting the metallic powder in at least one of the initial and additional layers to form a melted metallic powder such that the melted metallic powder advances within the hollow space and solidifies to form an overhang feature extending into the hollow space.