Photograph of a white artificial flower with a cell culture plate. The flower has eight petals (four on each of two whorls on alternating positions). The petals are curved downwards. Aside from this, the flower reminds of a relatively large Gardenia or white Camelia flower. At the center of the flower, four smaller petals still form a bud. The material appears to be white cotton thread or fabric with a fine honeycomb-like structure, however the flower has a smooth, shiny surface that appears as if it had been soaked in sugar glaze. In the background and slightly out of focus, an empty, clean “culture plate” like those used in scientific laboratories to grow cells or tissues. The plate resembles a mold with four teardrop-shaped wells. The plate is made of matte, transparent plastic and has one cropped corner, as characteristic for scientific culture plates, to allow identifying the position of each well. The flower and culture plate rest on a white surface.

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Tissue Engineered Textiles, 2015-ongoing

It is dated 2015-ongoing. Its medium is lab-cultured rose petals, petri dishes, modified tweezers, video. It is a part of the department.

Amy Congdon applies techniques such as embroidery and crochet to the creation of diminutive but precise physical structures that can be used to help grow living cells. These textile scaffolds facilitate tissue regeneration and have applications from fashion to medicine. Congdon is also developing new tools for use in the laboratory, like those on view here. These tools are intended to suggest alternative ways of making and enable the growth of new biological materials.

It is credited Courtesy of Amy Congdon.

Model Of Hyperbolic Space (USA)
wool.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2011-16-1

Stencil, Peonies
mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin....
Gift of Helen Snyder.
1976-103-281

Brooch (USA)
gold, enamel, diamonds.
Gift of Isabel Shults.
1979-16-2

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/4wUs86/
Accession Number NATURE.058
Object ID 2318798883