Sunday, May 31, 2009

Snowbound, by Gene Baker, Cracker No 1607


"Snowbound"

COLLECTOR: Gene Baker
CRACKER #: 1607
ACQUIRED FROM: herbhoover.com
LOCATION: Carthage, NY

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Anne Rosa on the set of Rigoletto


On "Rigoletto" prop table
awaiting entrance cue.

COLLECTOR: Anne Roza
LOCATION: Chattanooga, TN
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend (MFMIL)

Friday, May 29, 2009

Nancy Stalker, Cracker No 1615


"I love my cracker and he will accompany me
on many future journeys."

COLLECTOR: Nancy Stalker
CRACKER #: 1615
LOCATION: Austin, TX
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Waffles & Champaigne with Cracker


Waffles, bubbly, & cracker.

"Here we are enjoying our waffles and champagne.
This was a great idea."

COLLECTOR: Jane & Hart
LOCATION: Toronto, ON
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Cracker at the Whitehouse by Tracy J. Davis


Someone call security!

COLLECTOR: Tracy J. Davis
LOCATION: Washington, DC
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift From a Friend
LINK: visit Tracy's Flickr stream here

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

PEZpresso and cracker


"A tasty treat arrived in the mail this week, and our postal inspector (Cricket) gives her approval."

Check out Dan Pezely's site for more: play.org

COLLECTOR: Dan "Pez" Pezely
CRACKER #: PEZ01
LOCATION: Seattle, WA
ACQUIRED FROM: artist

Monday, May 25, 2009

Cracker Twins

Cracker collectors Lothar Osterburg & Elizabeth Brown are brilliant artists living and working in Brooklyn. One plays an amazing Theremin, Shakuhachi, and other instruments. The other makes dreamy imagery using hand-hewn models and home-made cameras. Click their names for more about each!
"Cracker Twins attend a Perforation Society meeting."

COLLECTOR: Lothar & Elizabeth
CRACKER #: LOEB
LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY
ACQUIRED FROM: Gift from a friend

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Noah & Cracker

Saturday, May 23, 2009

PDawg McCracker bling, Cracker No 1611


"This Iced Out saltine is considered one of the most unique and cherished bling pieces owned by Music Producer, PDawg McCracker."

COLLECTOR: Bart Plaskoff (a.k.a. PDawg McCracker)
CRACKER #: 1611
ACQUIRED FROM: ebay
LOCATION: Las Vegas, Nevada

Friday, May 22, 2009

Papa Joe's, Apalachacola, FL


This is a great place to get fresh fish, raw oysters right off the boat, and a view of the marsh. We watched an alligator swim by, herons fishing, and lots of trawlers coming and going with their catch. Of course, every meal comes with crackers, so the pewter cracker fit right in.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Mama Donna's lunch pic


Black Bean Soup and cracker.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Gene Baker, Cracker No 1607

One of these is not like the others




"This cracker is one of the neatest things I have ever seen!"

COLLECTOR: Gene Baker
CRACKER #: 1607
ACQUIRED FROM: herbhoover.com
LOCATION: Carthage, NY

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Jim Gland & Cracker @ Philly Zoo

Jim always sends playful and creative images. It's been fun having him as a collector these last few years. Here's some humor from the Philadelphia Zoo.






COLLECTOR: Jim Gland
LOCATION: Dover, DE
ACQUIRED FROM: Artist

Monday, May 18, 2009

Martha, Cracker No. 3271


"My sister Belinda and I spent $30 at the Art-O-Mat and of course our favorite was the cracker (even though we were a little confused at first). I'm excited to be a part of the cracker community."

COLLECTOR: Martha
CRACKER #: 3271
LOCATION: Springfield, Oregon
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Mama Donna with Dotty

Dorothy of Oz

"Sightseeing in Chattanooga."

COLLECTOR: Donna Gaines
CRACKER #: MFMIL
LOCATION: Chattanooga, TN
ACQUIRED FROM: artist

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Gene Baker, Cracker No. 1607


Firefighting: One of the last professions making house calls.

"This cracker is one of the neatest things I have ever seen!"

COLLECTOR: Gene Baker
CRACKER #: 1607
ACQUIRED FROM: herbhoover.com
LOCATION: Carthage, NY

Friday, May 15, 2009

Jeff Paris, Cracker No. 1808




"My cracker arrived just in time for a recent art pilgrimage. So I'm e-mailing two photos from the trip. Feel free to post any or all. One is of the cracker visiting the Utah Salt Flats. The second is northwestern Utah at "Sun Tunnels," the impossibly remote environmental masterpiece of Nancy Holt."

COLLECTOR: Jeff Paris
CRACKER #: 1808
LOCATION: Salt Lake City, Utah
ACQUIRED FROM: herbhoover.com

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Mr. Monkey in New York


Mr. Monkey with his spoils from New York City.
You can visit Mr. Monkey's website and see all of 
the places he has been by clicking here.

COLLECTOR: Mr. Monkey
CRACKER #: mOnk3y
ACQUIRED FROM: Whitney Museum Art-O-Mat, NYC
LOCATION: Alnwick, UK

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Warhol Soup Can Tattoo

I met this young lady at the Chelsea Hotel. Her tattoo said it all.

One reviewer went so far as to compare me to a blue chip pop icon:

"With my first token, I get a brown box marked "Cracker" 
by an artist named Herbert Hoover of Harlem. Inside, 
folded in nifty silver bubble wrap, is an unmistakable 
Saltine cracker, cast in pewter, a neat-o bit of pop art 
to be served with Andy Warhol's soup cans."

                    -Jen Graves, The News Tribune

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Katy & Catherine


"Catherine and I are kind of obsessed with this industrial-ish artist we discovered named Herbert Hoover."

COLLECTOR: Katy & Catherine
CRACKER #: Legacy
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat
LOCATION: Faces, Northampton, MA

Monday, May 11, 2009

Dan Condon, Cracker No. 3058



"I love him. Yes, it's a him."

COLLECTOR: Dan Condon
CRACKER #: 3058
LOCATION: Estes Park, Colorado
ACQUIRED FROM: Art-O-Mat machine
MACHINE: Beans & Barley, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Sunday, May 10, 2009

ABC News video

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Art-O-Mat at Create Here, Chattanooga, TN

Clark Whittington was on hand in my Mother-in-law's home town -- Chattanooga, TN -- to give a talk about the Art-O-Mat project and invite local artists to participate.

Pewter pretzels in the Create Here machine

Vanna White's protegee.
"Show our contestants what they've won, Vanna."

Clark and pewter saltine cracker