about

Shop Lyko Slow Goods is a woman owned & operated folk gift shop nestled in the trees of St. Johns, Portland, Oregon.  Founded in 2021 by Willamette Valley fiber artist & vintage buyer, Heather Emery-Walen, as an ode to mindful living.

As a child of the Oregon Country Fair, Emery wanted to create a space in the city for people to find joy in the handmade, celebrate earth-ethical values, and resist techno-capitalism.   The disconnect from process to product was becoming palpable - a lost understanding of humanity's most ancient craftskills took hold as industrialization and commodification ran rampant.  By sharing artisan work, alongside craft education, we can reconnect to the humanity of making and how it works in tandem with the materials of the natural world.  

The shop collaborates with the Portland creative village by featuring artists, live music, handcraft education workshops & occasional pop-up bizarres in the backyard garden.  The little shop has also been a proud vendor at Portland's acclaimed Pickathon Experimental Music Festival on Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, OR and Hatchfest in White Salmon, WA. 

In 2023, Shop Lyko’s petite 1940's marigold building was adorned with a giant snail mural - a design collaboration between Emery & her friend, Quebecois artist - Estée Preda. It is titled "Welcome to Slow Town" as reminder to all who enter St. John’s to take it easy.

 

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Connect with us:

contact@shoplyko.com

@shop.lyko