“My current body of work is focused on utilizing new and unusual ways to marry metal with glass. The series draws on personal experiences I’ve had over the years as well as explores the boundaries of glass and metal. The pieces are blown carved and polished glass cold assembled to hand fabricated metal armatures as well as sheet metal inlays. I enjoy the honest work each day of creating something completely from my hands and stretching myself to always create something better.”

David Royce began his glass blowing career in 2000 at the age of 15. He served as an apprentice for Tom Rine and Thomas Maras at Island Glass Studios in Minneapolis throughout the rest of high school while also studying studio glass blowing at a local community college. He studied glass art at the University of Wisconsin River Falls under Jim Engebretson for one year but after a study abroad program in Taiwan he changed direction and earned a B.A. in child psychology with a minor in Chinese language and literature from the University of Minnesota in 2006.

While attending the U of M Royce joined Foci: Minnesota Center for Glass Arts as a studio manager and instructor. There he re-discovered his passion for glass-making and has been a full-time independent glass artist since 2006. He served on the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Center for Glass Arts while running his own studio in St. Paul MN. In 2010 he built his own studio in Little Canada MN where he works today. He has been a visiting professor at the U of WI teaching beginning glassblowing and has taught and provided mentorships at Foci.