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by Barry “Wildman” Snyder
Almost World Renowned Food Sticker Mosaic Artist
S.O.S. Foundation (Save Our Stickers)
I ask you to pause for a moment, and think about the humble food sticker. Performing his (or her) appointed duty without complaint. Without these noble stickers our food distribution system would utterly collapse! Modern Society would simply starve to death!
And yet, once they arrive at their new home, reveling in the successful completion of their noble mission, these stickers are callously cast away, fated to some foul-smelling landfill! Is this fair? Is this right? NO! I say they deserve better. Now there is hope!
S.O.S. the Save Our Stickers Foundation provides a new home and a meaningful purpose to these unassuming stalwarts of our supermarket lifestyles. Won’t you please help? If you could find the compassion in your heart to simply peel these valiant warriors off the skins of your preferred produce and then place them, sticky side down, on a piece of notepaper (paper, not plastic) they can live as artwork, (united with thousands of fellow food stickers as part of a symbiotic visual presentation), bringing joy to young and old alike.
Please send your stickers to:
Barry “Wildman” Snyder
POB 301
Erie, CO 80516
With you there is hope!
Sincerely,
Wildman
HEy Barry look. Stuff on your computer! Sorry. You need to peel the stickers of pears as soon as you get home. THe glue changes as time passes, like masking tape does.
barry, your artworks are amazing. i heard about you from a book i have : rippleys belive it or not. you ar eso awesome . i hope you keep on doing what you love.
To Linda very carefully….Best to do it when fruit is fresh…I usually uase a single edge razor that i use just for fruit and vegetables. Chuck
Wow Barry – great work! And I loved your interview on CNN. Have not chuckled so consistently for a while. Have you read Gruber yet? I have a hard time keeping my kids seated at supper but we do get a lot of quality time watching Spongebob together – they think it is pretty cool that I have embodied BOTH Squidward and Mr. Krabs in my own personality… Speaking of which how many clamolas for a nice-size print of Hedsel? Me poor little daughter will become a great fan of yours guaranteed and send you fun stickers!
Hi Barry. I work for the company that makes the majority of stickers you see on fruit and vegetables. I travel around the country fixing the machines that apply them to the produce. We also have a kid’s program where we send unused rolls of stickers to elementary schools around the world. The kids make their label art and we incorporate them into our calender that we pass out to our customers. Feel free to contact me for more info.
Amazing! After realizing that they are usually made of indestructible material, I have been using stickers and barcodes to pick up debris from the floor or patch plastic shopping bags to maximise use. I will start sending them to you from now on.
Would it be possible to correspond privately by e-mail? I would like to ask about a potential project (if you would oblige). Thank you.
I knew there was a reason I don’t throw these stickers away. I’ll see if I can salvage any from the spots where I’ve stuck them.