29th Jan 2026
Meet the Member – Stacy Bias – Stacy Bias Jewellery
Name, business name
Stacy Bias. I’m a Visual storyteller working across animation, illustration, and handcrafted silver jewellery, using narrative and design to build empathy, spark understanding, and support social good. You can find me at www.StacyBiasJewellery.com.
Tell us about your businesses, the inspiration behind it and when you launched it?
I run a dual creative practice spanning animation/illustration and contemporary jewellery. In animation, I collaborate primarily with researchers and charities to translate complex social issues into clear, engaging visual stories that build empathy, understanding, and positive change. This work has formed the backbone of my practice for over a decade.
Alongside this, I run a contemporary jewellery practice focused on narrative, handcrafted silver pieces. Drawing on the same storytelling approach, the jewellery explores themes of connection, identity, and embodiment, creating objects designed to be lived with and gather deeper meaning over time. I began formal jewellery training in 2023 at Vanilla Ink in Glasgow and have since launched my first full collection. Both strands of the business are rooted in thoughtful making, social awareness, and creating work that connects people to ideas, stories, and one another.
Best piece of advice you were given at the start of your business journey?
Do from love, and you’re guaranteed to do it right. Do from fear, and you’ll have to do it over.
What has been your biggest lesson/ challenge faced so far and how did you overcome it?
Imposter syndrome. Helps me to remember that we’re all human, we all doubt ourselves (if we’re wise, in any case!), and that endless curiosity is a much greater motivator than comparison and self-judgment. I try to live my mistakes out loud to destigmatise the inevitable failures of tackling a steep learning curve, and celebrate my progress just as vigorously.
What is your number 1 business tip for success?
Love what you do and why you do it as much as you anticipate loving the end result.
What are the big business goals for the next year?
Connect – with colleagues, clients, and the work itself.
How can the GGC Business membership help?
Mutual cheerleading and resource-sharing is a beautiful way to support one another!
What’s the dream?
Fave mantra to get you buzzed up for business!
Only she who attempts the absurd can achieve the impossible.
Shout out to another local business you admire!
Suzi at Sunshine No. 1 is such a bright spark, and her work to support local artists is admirable.
Three fun facts about you!
I started out in community engagement, organising conferences, performances, and large public events. I haven’t flexed those skills in a while, and I miss it.
Visual art was the one creative thing I thought I was terrible at growing up, and it somehow became the thing I do for a living. You really never know.
