Royce became interested in making pots while attending Hesston College in Kansas.  He finished his formal education in 1976 at Goshen College in Indiana. Royce's goal after graduating was to establish his own pottery studio. In 1983 that goal became a reality when Royce built his own studio outside Lederach, Pennsylvania.  In 1988 he built a house on the same property and he currently resides there with his wife.

Shows and Fairs
       Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA     1987-1991, 1995
       Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington DC     1992, 1993
       American Craft Council, Baltimore, MD     1985-1995
       Longs Park Craft Show, Lancaster, PA     1979, 1990-2005
       Old Church Cultural Center, Demerast, NJ     1992-1994
       Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ     1996-2005

Published
       Ceramics Monthly     May 1990, March 1993

Workshops Given
       Sawtooth Center for the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC      1995, 2003
       Messiah College, Grantham, PA     2000, 2003
       Sertoma Arts Center, Raleigh, NC     2001