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Floating Stone is my impossible dream in action. My name is Lynda Drury and I work with artisan enterprises in Cambodia to produce stunning contemporary silk accessories. The silks are unique pieces that embellish and style up a wardrobe. They come in spectacular luminous colours with the defining properties of hand woven, handcrafted works of art. They embody traditional artisan techniques that have jumped right out of the box! We strive towards highly marketable designer silks and a sustainable enterprise. Our designs are co-creations, using ancient Cambodian skills, their amazing fashion savvy and our design and market knowledge.Floating Stone’s designer product line includes wraps, scarves, stoles, bags (hand bags, shoulder bags, knitting bags…), purses (evening, day, wallets, wristlets…), along with totes for everything and for specifics, like jewelry. We create everything silk, from wedding accessories to products made specifically to utilize silk scraps.
Most importantly, Floating Stone puts people before profits. We only work with those committed to a better way of life for Cambodians. We work business to business and share our lives, families, hopes and dreams. Currently, we are partnering with one of our producers in a sustainable agriculture project. The project is designed to create small vegetable gardens for food and income production as well as to develop capacity for advocacy for social justice within the community’s leadership. Our dream is to work up to producing our own silk supply, and to invite artists to travel to Cambodia to share creative embellishment techniques with our producer groups. They are hungry for new ideas and short on resources for explorations.
We are proud to tell you that many of our products are available through the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. We hope to add more galleries to this list. Floating Stone Silks are also available through a variety of Unique Retail Outlets, including Fashion and Gift Shops, Hotels, Spas and Galleries on Vancouver Island, surrounding Islands and Lower Mainland. Email for outlets close to you. For anyone in the Courtenay area, you are welcome to visit my studio. Email me for the address.
Mission: People before Profit
Location: Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada
Online shop: Floating Stone Silks
Memberships:
World Fair Trade Organization
Fair Trade Federation
TransFair Canada
Fair Trade Federation
TransFair Canada
Languages spoken: English
Fairly Traded Cambodian Silk Accessories
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Tags: Silk, Fair Trade, unusual scarves, shawls, Cambodia, fashion, handbags, accessories
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