{"id":92702,"date":"2019-03-15T10:11:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T20:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=92702"},"modified":"2020-01-15T15:57:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T01:57:40","slug":"make-a-wish-glass-blowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/15\/make-a-wish-glass-blowing\/","title":{"rendered":"Make-A-Wish kid\u2019s hand-drawn turtle comes to life at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Rick Mills shows Owen what happens when air is blown into heated glass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a> in partnership with Make-A-Wish Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>®<\/a> granted 10-year-old Owen from North Dakota his wish to see his hand-drawn turtle come to life as a glass sculpture in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. <\/p>\n

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Rick Mills crafting the glass turtle. (Photo courtesy of Brandon Smith Photography)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n
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(Photo courtesy of Brandon Smith Photography)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n

Owen, who suffers from a nervous system disorder, spent a week on Oʻahu<\/span> and an afternoon in UH<\/abbr> Mānoa\u2019s glass studio with parents Brian and Amanda, 12-year-old sister Madison and 18-year-old brother Carter.<\/p>\n

Owen loves marine life and uses art to help him through the difficult times of battling his disorder. When he found out he would be spending time in UH<\/abbr> Mānoa\u2019s glass studio with Rick Mills<\/strong>, a professor in the Department of Art and Art History<\/a>, Owen decided to draw a picture of a turtle that they could build together out of glass.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday afternoon, Mills and his students taught Owen the process of glass blowing. Owen watched Mills transform his hand-drawn turtle into a lifelike sculpture, down to every last line on the turtle\u2019s shell, using blow torches and furnaces to heat and sculpt the glass.<\/p>\n

“I was pleased to be a part of such a great event and to work with my students to create a special glass sculpture for Owen,” said Mills. “Glass making requires a team effort and community, to not only create glass pieces, but to operate a glass studio. The feeling of good will and cooperation in the studio that day was palpable with everyone working together, and I’m certain the turtle is imbued with these feelings.”<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, Owen named his glass turtle “Rick,” after Professor Mills. When the turtle finishes cooling in the glass studio, it will be mailed to Owen on a special metal display.<\/p>\n

—By Sarah Hendrix<\/em><\/p>\n

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The finished glass turtle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UH<\/abbr> Mānoa in partnership with Make-A-Wish Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> granted 10-year-old Owen his wish to see his hand-drawn turtle come to life as a glass sculpture in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[105,9],"class_list":["post-92702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-art","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92702"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109424,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92702\/revisions\/109424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}