Blue Crinkle Vase
Object NameVase
Artist / Maker
Sonja Blomdahl
(American, b. 1952)
Date1986
MediumGlass, blown
Dimensions12 1/2 × 13 in. diameter (31.8 × 33 cm)
ClassificationsDecorative Arts, Glass
Credit LineGift of Lois Poppe. In the permanent collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberum91.43
Status
On viewCollections
CultureAmerican
Label TextThis sculptural vase suggests red and blue anthocyanin pigments that are one of several classes of pigments produced by plants. The accumulation of these pigments is controlled by genetic factors. The human beings who domesticated crops saved genetic variants that accumulated novel pigments. The presence or absence of a single gene determines whether maize kernels accumulate blue or red anthocyanins.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Roy J. Carver Co-Lab
Object Name: Vase
Durand Glass Works division of Vineland Flint Glassworks
1924-1932
Object number: 3.15.104
