Description

Home of the Cyclones Ornament by P. Buckley Moss

Introduction

Home of the Cyclones Ornament by P. Buckley Moss is a 2012 numbered, limited-edition porcelain ornament celebrating Jack Trice Stadium and Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Shaped like a football, the ornament brings together the stadium, football players, marching band, Cy the Cardinal, and the Jack Trice statue in a compact scene filled with cardinal red, gold, and the energy of a Cyclone game day.

What gives the ornament unusual depth is the history behind the stadium’s name. Jack Trice was Iowa State’s first African American student-athlete, and the eventual naming of the football stadium in his honor came only after decades of advocacy by Iowa State students and supporters.

Canada Goose Gallery’s approved inventory identifies Home of the Cyclones Ornament as product 1776, currently priced at $48, and verifies it as a Porcelain, Limited, Numbered Edition Ornament with Football, Places, and Sports subjects. The current Canada Goose Gallery page additionally verifies the 2012 date, Christmas Ornament classification, Certificate of Authenticity, gift box, and hanging cord.

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Story Behind the Artwork

Moss fills the football-shaped format with several layers of Iowa State identity.

Across the upper portion, Jack Trice Stadium establishes the location immediately. Football players move through the left side of the composition while the marching band gathers at right, creating the feeling of game-day activity rather than a static architectural portrait.

At lower left, Cy the Cardinal adds a bright, recognizable flash of Iowa State spirit. Near the center, the seated Jack Trice statue provides a quieter focal point amid the activity around it.

That contrast is important. The players, band, mascot, and stadium celebrate the living traditions of Iowa State athletics, while the statue introduces the history behind the stadium’s name. Moss brings both stories into the same composition: the excitement of the present and the memory carried forward through the place itself.

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Symbols & Meaning

The most strongly supported themes in Home of the Cyclones Ornament are place, remembrance, college tradition, and pride in community.

For an Iowa State graduate or family, the stadium can represent fall Saturdays, marching-band music, friendships, student life, homecoming, and years spent in Ames. Canada Goose Gallery’s Place-Based Buyer framework specifically identifies schools, campuses, landmarks, and meaningful regions as subjects where exact location and personal memory matter most.

Jack Trice adds a deeper historical dimension. Iowa State records identify him as the university’s first African American student-athlete. He died in October 1923 from injuries sustained during a football game against Minnesota. Decades later, students and other supporters led the campaign that eventually resulted in the stadium being named for him in 1997.

The artwork can therefore invite ideas of courage, remembrance, belonging, and institutional pride, but those should be understood as historically and visually grounded interpretations rather than undocumented statements of P. Buckley Moss’s personal intention.

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Artistic Details

One of the ornament’s most distinctive features is its football-shaped format. Unlike Moss’s many circular porcelain ornaments, the silhouette becomes part of the subject itself.

Moss uses the broad center of the football shape to organize multiple visual elements without losing the stadium setting. The architecture establishes the background; athletes and the band create horizontal movement; and the Jack Trice statue provides a strong central vertical form.

Canada Goose Gallery’s current product record identifies the palette as Umber, Aqua, Ash Gray, Black, Charcoal Grey, Cream, Dove Gray, Gold, Indigo Blue, Orange Red, Pearl White, Ruby Red, Sunshine Yellow, and Tan.

Cardinal red and gold naturally command attention. The neutral architecture, gray pavement, and softer sky keep those team colors from overwhelming the scene. Small details—including uniforms, instruments, mascot, signage, and statue—reward close viewing despite the ornament’s compact size.

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Featured Master Collections

Primary Master Collection: Place & Memory

This is the strongest assignment. Canada Goose Gallery defines Place & Memory around places that become part of a person’s story, specifically including campuses, regional landmarks, named places, and local traditions.

For Home of the Cyclones Ornament, Iowa State itself is central to the appeal. The ornament is especially meaningful to people who recognize Jack Trice Stadium not simply as a sports venue but as part of their own years in Ames.

Supporting Master Collection: Landmarks & Historic Places

Canada Goose Gallery’s Landmarks & Historic Places Collection includes colleges, institutions, monuments, schools, and architectural heritage. Jack Trice Stadium fits especially well because its name carries documented historical significance beyond the architecture alone.

Supporting Master Collection: Christmas Traditions

This is a merchandising rather than subject-based assignment. Canada Goose Gallery classifies the piece as a Christmas Ornament, making it relevant to annual holiday collecting even though the artwork itself depicts football and university tradition rather than a Christmas scene.

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Decorating Ideas

Home of the Cyclones Ornament is an obvious choice for an Iowa State Christmas tree, but its collegiate subject gives it strong year-round display possibilities.

On a miniature ornament easel, it can be displayed beside a diploma, graduation photograph, Iowa State memorabilia, football collection, office bookshelf, trophy case, or homecoming display. The football shape gives it enough visual personality to stand on its own among more conventional round ornaments.

Its cardinal red and gold accents work naturally in an Iowa State-themed office or den, while its small scale makes it easy to incorporate into a collected arrangement without turning the entire room into sports décor.

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Gift Ideas

This ornament is especially meaningful for an Iowa State student, graduate, parent, faculty member, employee, former athlete, football fan, band alumnus, or longtime Cyclones supporter.

Strong occasions include graduation, college acceptance, Christmas, homecoming, alumni reunions, retirement, a first year at Iowa State, or a first Christmas after graduation.

It can also make a thoughtful gift for someone moving away from Ames or for a family in which Iowa State connections span more than one generation.

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About the Edition

Artist: P. Buckley Moss
Title: Home of the Cyclones Ornament
Year: 2012
Medium: Porcelain
Edition Type: Limited Edition; Numbered Edition; Christmas Ornament
Numbered Edition: Yes
Total Edition Size: Not verified
Artist’s Proofs: Not documented
Size: 3 5/16 inches — current page states diameter, but see verification note regarding the football-shaped format
Shape: Football-shaped based on the artwork and current product description
Current Price: $48
Condition: New, mint condition
Certificate of Authenticity: Included
Presentation: Gift boxed; hanging cord included; pouch and gold cord supplied in gallery information
Product ID: 1776
Approved Subjects: Football, Places, Sports
Availability: Current page shows Add to Cart

Canada Goose Gallery’s approved inventory verifies the product ID, $48 price, porcelain medium, Limited/Numbered Edition status, and Football/Places/Sports subjects.

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🎨 Fun Fact:

Jack Trice Stadium’s name is itself the result of a remarkable piece of Iowa State history. The campaign to honor Jack Trice began in earnest in the 1970s, when students organized support for naming the university’s new football stadium after him. More than 3,000 signatures were gathered, but the facility ultimately became Cyclone Stadium; in 1984, the playing field was named Jack Trice Field. Students continued advocating, even funding a Jack Trice statue that was dedicated in the late 1980s. Their decades-long effort finally succeeded in 1997, when the stadium officially became Jack Trice Stadium. Iowa State now describes it as the nation’s only major college football stadium named for an African American athlete.

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🖼️ Collector’s Insight:

What distinguishes Home of the Cyclones Ornament is the amount of specific Iowa State history and identity contained in a single small object. Moss does not limit the scene to the stadium or a football game; she brings together the Jack Trice statue, players, marching band, mascot, stadium architecture, and football-shaped porcelain format. That gives the piece several points of connection for collectors—sports, Iowa State, campus memory, collegiate tradition, and Moss ornaments—while the documented Jack Trice history gives the location significance beyond game day. Canada Goose Gallery classifies the ornament specifically under Football, Places, and Sports, making those verified subjects more useful than unsupported claims about rarity, demand, or investment value.

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Why Buy from Canada Goose Gallery

Canada Goose Gallery maintains Home of the Cyclones Ornament in its approved P. Buckley Moss ornament inventory and currently offers it new and in mint condition with a Certificate of Authenticity and gift presentation.

Collectors can also explore other university, football, education, and landmark ornaments through Canada Goose Gallery, creating a group around a favorite school, meaningful campus, or college tradition.

Official Artist Certification

This P. Buckley Moss ornament is accompanied by its original, official certificate from the artist’s collection. This document is the primary record of provenance, detailing the edition title and the craftsmanship involved in the firing process. This official certification replaces our standard gallery certificate to ensure you have the most direct documentation from the artist’s studio. Each Ornament comes gift boxed according to the year it was created.

Any number of ornaments ship for one flat fee.

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Continue Exploring

Strong Canada Goose Gallery companions include:

• Kinnick Stadium Ornament
• Collections Hub
• Burruss Hall Ornament
• Summer at the University Ornament
• Winter at the University Ornament
• Christmas Ornament Easel.

The current Home of the Cyclones Ornament page already recommends several of these as related products.

Also explore Canada Goose Gallery’s:

• P. Buckley Moss Ornament Collection
• Landmarks & Historic Places
• Sports Subjects
• Football Subjects
• University Subjects
• Historic Landmarks & Places
• Iowa

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“More than game day. A name worth remembering.”

“Where Cyclone pride carries a legacy.”

“Game day has a history.”

“A stadium. A tradition. A name remembered.”