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Put Up: Community Root Cellar 2010

A Fieldfaring Project


SMITHS invited the community to a "putting up" party and PICKLE IT workshop hosted by Susanne Cockrell and Ted Purves, who proposed starting a community root cellar at SMITHS, wherein homemade jams, honey, pickles, sauces, vinegars, beer, kraut, beets, and more are collected along with stories about food, labor, family, land, economy, and love. These will be served up at public events throughout the year and we hope this will be the beginning of an annual event for replenishing the pantry. 

"SMITHS is a project by Allison Smith inspired by the history of general stores as intimate public spaces of exchange. From tinsmiths to tunesmiths, I invite various makers to my downtown Oakland storefront to share their skills and stories. These lively gatherings engage participants in conversations about the rich social and political histories embedded within various craft traditions."

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