MARKET VENDORS & PRACTITIONERS
Workshops & Services
Alchemy Tintype Studio is a Portland-based historical photography studio run by artist Ashley Jennings. Using the original 19th century wet-plate collodion process, Ashley uses silver and metal to create portraits which will become heirlooms. This transformational photographic process, made using an on-site darkroom and antique Victorian-era lenses, is the most romantic way to record your likeness. You’ll see a simple sheet of metal transformed into a luminous reflection of yourself: true photographic alchemy.
Cascadian Litster specializes in wild foraged mushroom dyes from the Cascadian mountains for over 15 years. Become a litster (archaic Scottish word for a fabric dyer) yourself and dye your own silk scarf while at the market! Choose from 3 mushroom colors with options to personalize your item by tying or twisting.
Alexandra Diamond of Honored Body LMT, CST-T is a trauma-informed bodyworker, certified and specializing in CranioSacral Therapy; a Human Design Reader and Counselor; faculty at East West College of the Healing Arts; a writer; a bridge; and a part-time channel. With this multi-hyphenate background and over 15 years of experience, she incorporates a wealth of techniques and knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathology, spirituality, and psychology into sessions to treat pain and dysfunction, restore mind-body connection, and bring the whole self into balance.
VENDOR BOOTHS
Sylvia Friday of Woodland Weaver is a basket maker, folk artist, educator & storyteller. Gathering sticks and sharing stories, she tends wild plants and teaches basketry up and down the west coast. The spirit of her work is woven from her relationship with fiber plants, with her ancestors and with the basketry community.
Hidden Grove Nursery is a small-scale, boutique greenhouse operation dedicated to providing high-quality plants to Pacific Northwest gardeners. We specialize in rare, high-value perennials, sought-after medicinals, and the reliable garden staples that form the backbone of a successful local landscape. Our mission is to deliver hard-to-find botanical treasures and everyday natives to your backyard garden.
Severed Branches Press is an independent eco-poetic publishing effort rooted in the South Salish Sea. We are wild-hearted animists devoted to ecology, spirituality, land defense, and community, offering our work in reverence to the living world and its protectors.
Angel is a first-generation latina fiber farmer devoted to raising animals for high quality meat, milk, & wool. She offers spinning and fiber processing classes grounded in tradition and hands-on learning. Her work highlights the beauty and intention behind every step, from pasture to textile. At the market, Angel shares finely crafted spindles and wool for fiber artists of all levels.
Nathan’s iron lunitsa pendants have become a symbol for our community and bioregion! Nathan Zilka has been blacksmithing for over 7 years. Zilka Forgewerks creates ritually forged statement jewelry aligned with natural and lunar cycles. Blacksmith and silversmith Nathan Zilka seeks to honor the old gods and bring magic into each unique piece he crafts.
Holly Hollow is a local fiber artist who specialises in handspun alpaca yarn. She sources her fiber from small hobby farmers throughout the Willamette Valley and utilizes traditional hand methods for washing, carding, and spinning the super soft alpaca fleece into beautiful and unique skeins of yarn. Holly has been spinning yarn for approximately 20 years and is excited to share this ancient artform with you.
Ramona of ForgeMommy is a queer blacksmith with a focus on knifemaking, and chainmaking. They put a lot of time, love, and care into all of their work, and is so excited to share it with the world!
Tawny’s brooms are crafted with the intention of being magical as well as practical. well made to stand up to daily use while infused with spirit and intention. Great for dust, crumbs, and bad vibes!
Vessel Kitchen Gardens is woman-owned business on a mission to help people rewild their urban lives through ecological garden design and education, and botanical art and goods made from plants we grow and forage. Some of the hyper-sustainable, handmade items we create include plant-dyed clothing, eco-printed bandanas, bags, and wallets, pressed botanical art in glass, as well as apothecary items such as herbal teas, tinctures, and non-toxic, plant-based candles.
Sumoud Kitchen is ancestral folk herbalism project, that draws from land-based practices, traditional kitchen medicine, and diaspora learning. Simple cooking practices, growing and gathering herbs, and adaptation and making-do wherever we find ourselves, are skills older than nation states.
Elana Gabrielle is an illustrator, maker, and designer of printed textile and paper goods for the body and home. Using natural fibers and renewable materials, each design is created with form and function in mind. The shapes and colors are inspired by wild and varied landscapes from foggy beaches to desert dunes, and invite mindful connection with the natural world both in the home and out in the wild.
MODU is a small batch bag company based in Portland, Oregon, designing and making handmade bags inspired by nature but designed for everyday life. They use top quality, USA sourced materials designed to be sleek and last a lifetime. They have a 3 bag line-up ranging in price and size for approachable shopping. All of their bags are hand sewn in their studio complimented with 8mm climbing rope straps that connect their silhouettes to life outdoors.
Madre Tierra Organics is a holistic small business specializing in a variety of sea moss gels; a nutrient dense superfood that elevates one's wellness routine by providing 92 minerals your body needs naturally. Since starting our own sea moss journey in 2019, we have carefully crafted our offerings with our community in mind so we can share the many ways that sea moss can support their healing journey as well. Our mission is to heal our community by reconnecting with Mother Earth and we hope to continue to do just that in the PNW.
Good Bess is a local cottage bakery, specializing in traditional recipes from the medieval to the victorian. A taste of the Olde World!
Sybylla Lindert is a ceramic artist working exclusively with fine porcelain. Inspired by rococo excess, fantasy realms and meticulous research into historic technique, she creates magical artifacts from an imaginary world.
Ruminant Chains makes handmade chainmail and ruminant-based (primarily goat) skincare & soap. They are based in Portland, surrounded by the abundance of the Pacific Northwest. They source materials through strong relationships with the land and the people and animals who make up our community.
Magic Recipe creates small-batch, symbolic adornments made from gemstone, glass, and upcycled elements. Crafted through the interconnection of ingredients, each design reflects the energy of the date and moon phase it was created under and includes a custom ingredient card with special message. Curated collections for onsite customization, personalized orders, and gifts & keepsakes.
Juli Rae is a Portland-based textile artist specializing in natural fabric dyeing. Her primary body of work consists of nature-inspired textiles and tapestries. She is a self-taught quilter and has been sewing for nearly fifteen years. Committed to an art practice that honors Mother Earth, she is committed to a sustainable art practice and works exclusively with organic fibers and natural dyes gathered from flowers, leaves, and roots. Juli has shown her work at various locations in the PNW, including Cascadia Fine Arts Festival, Gallery 408, Portland Saturday Market, Alberta Street Gallery, Tender Loving Empire, Portland Open Studios, the Wild Arts Festival, and various street fairs. She also teaches workshops on quilting and natural dyeing.
Local herbalist and author, Juliet Howard, will be sharing her new book, The Girl Whose Garden Comes Alive - a beautifully illustrated chapter book about the magical plants that live in many of our backyards.
This book will deepen a child’s relationship to nature, their sense of place, and provide them with practical information about herbalism. Children will learn about some of the plants to reach for and connect with when they get a bee sting, scrape their knee, or feel anxious. This book introduces a series of plants, along with plant recipes and preparations, and mindful ways for children to begin to connect with plants.
Lauren combines her passions for craftmaking and healing ritual through her practice, HaHA Healing Art. A reiki master and woodworker, she creates sacred space with hand made ritual wares, reiki treatments and events. You can find her at the Midsummer Folk Market offering hand crafted wooden wares for your home and altar.
Primaeval Press is the studio of Pacific Northwest based printmaker Nikol King. Specializing in screen printing, she hand makes and prints home goods, accessories, and apparel with her original illustrations inspired by history, myth, and nature.
Grace is a writer and illustrator collaborating with the unseen realms. Working with a variety of traditional drawing and painting mediums, the aim of her craft is to feed the human soul and inspire an animistic worldview through mythic imagery and the power of story and folklore.
Ann of Unicorn + Rose Apothecary is a life-long herbalist, and also a naturopathic physician and licensed acupuncturist. She delights in ethically gathering the herbs that grow around her to create a spectrum of exceptionally high quality, small-batch and seasonal potions, including healing oils, salves, tinctures, syrups, vinegar infusions, cordials, teas, fragrances, botanical inks and watercolors! When formulating, she considers the medicinal, energetic, and spiritual aspects of the plants. The vibrant colors, scents, and flavors of her creations reflect the vitality of the herbs that you will receive.
Fera Botanica offers wildcrafted medicines and bark-tanned sheep hides, made with reverence by hand. Each piece is woven through a quiet conversation with the earth. It is my hope that these creations bring you closer into relationship with the natural world and the wild places within.
Marie Jan Garments creates upcycled, one-of-a-kind garments made from vintage & thrifted textiles. They primarily work with vintage quilts as well as other found fabrics for an assortment of size-inclusive clothing like jackets, vests, & tops. They also employ low to zero waste efforts in all of their work.
