Snowbound, by Gene Baker, Cracker No 1607

"Snowbound"

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Noah & Cracker

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

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.

Mama Donna's lunch pic

Black Bean Soup and cracker.

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

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

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

Mama Donna with Dotty

Dorothy of Oz

"Sightseeing in Chattanooga."

COLLECTOR: Donna Gaines

CRACKER #: MFMIL

LOCATION: Chattanooga, TN

ACQUIRED FROM: artist

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

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

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

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

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

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

LINK: innovation matters

ABC News video

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