For over 45 years, she studied, wrote about, collected and created unusual textiles, traveling widely.
[8] Blinks enrolled at Radcliffe College, the women's partner to then-all-male Harvard University, studying marine biology at Farlow Herbarium.
[1] The Anne Hof Blinks Fellowship in Marine Biology at the University of Washington was established in her memory to support students from diverse backgrounds.
She focused on the "whole cloth", studying the fibers, dyes, tools, and techniques used to create textiles.
[16] Blinks was actively engaged in studying the genetics of sheep, and breeding for particular fleece characteristics[10] such as a deep brown wool which she used in her textiles.
She bred sheep at her home on Jack's Peak,[7] 522 Loma Alta Road, Carmel, California.