said.
She invited him to
the fl ower show.
classes at Carnegie Museum of Art. Commuting
“He said, ‘Couldn’t
to those classes might also have inspired her, she you make them do it in
believes.
the spring, so it’s easier
“From the time I was 10, I was riding the bus to to travel?’ My 93-year-
the city by myself,” Rice said. “ . . . Even passing old mother said the
the steel mills at night and seeing the fi res, I don’t same thing,” Rice said.
know if that had an impact on me, but I knew I was
Unlike McKay, her
going to work with glass.”
mother was able to at-
She started blowing glass as a sophomore at tend, which meant a lot
Carnegie Mellon University.
to her.
Glassblowing was not very common at the time.
“That was such a
Instead, she found herself working at Frabel Art highlight to have her
Glass Studio and Gallery in Atlanta.
sitting there in front of
There, she found a niche carving glass, which me to experience that
turned into a freelance contract with Tiffany and with me,” Rice said of
Co.
her mother, who lives
Depaolis, especially, was impressed with Rice’s in Rochester, NY.
work with Tiffany’s.
Her mother was one Donna Rice’s featured piece, “Grace,” is surrounded by foliage at the Minnesota
“It was a big deal for people to know about, but of 300 people to attend Landscape Arboretum during its fl ower show. Rice is exhibiting 30 cast glass sculptures
at the show.
it was production,” Rice said. “I love making one- the preview party.
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of-a-kind pieces.”
In total, the show
That is what she does now, after teaching herself is expected to draw
how to cast glass.
20,000 people. Having
Initially, she was inspired by a sculpture of a such a large platform to
torso that she saw at a conference in New York.
share her art means a
“There was something about the light emitting lot to Rice.
from that piece that I was captivated by,” Rice said.
“With every person
“I decided right then and there I needed to learn that sees it, they hope-
how to cast glass . . . I just slowly taught myself by fully know more about
reading a lot.”
me, and it, and cast
She also met her mentor, Hugh McKay, through glass,” Rice said.
an online forum. She got hands-on training from
him during an apprenticeship in 2015.
“I had gotten so advanced, and he said, ‘There’s
no way I can tell you this over the phone,’” Rice
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