RICK MILLS MAKING A WISH COME TRUE

Professor Rick Mills assists Make-A-Wish kid with glassblowing

"The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in partnership with Make-A-Wish Hawaiʻi® granted 10-year-old Owen from North Dakota his wish to see his hand-drawn turtle come to life as a glass sculpture in Hawaiʻi...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’s shell, using blow torches and furnaces to heat and sculpt the glass."

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