Lynda Drury – Owner and creator of Floating Stone Enterprise
After years of teaching part time at North Island College and running a community development consulting business it was time for a change.
Dreaming big resulted in a brand new direction, a business that combined social justice, working with people from different cultures, a passion for silk and a love of travel adventures. The rest was written in my heart and Cambodia was calling. All that was required was to show up and commit all of my savings, time and inner resources to the project!
This was not a sensible thing to do. The elements of risk are way too high. Shipments go astray, the global economy tanks, dye lots are unpredictable, producers get ill, global weather patterns produce tsunamis, typhoons, floods and on and on the obstacles appear…and disappear.
All of which contributed to the name, Floating Stone and my mantra, “there are no obstacles.” This business is about doing what most people consider impossible or too much work for a reasonable financial return. It is about the intangibles like being called “aunty” by a sweet faced 6 year old who is just starting to speak English and “sister” by Cambodian women friends who are also business colleagues. It is about being surrounded by meters of silk in a stunning array of marvelous colours and being able to pick and choose any combination for our designs.
Other intangibles include meeting amazing world travelers who jet into Cambodia to do something about the empty bellied children, the dire lack of a social safety net and the horrors of human trafficking. The list goes on and on…
Check out Floating Stone’s website, http://www.floatingstonesilks.com to see the gorgeous silks that we create and for more information about Floating Stone.
