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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

A little schedule update! I'm currently working on a 4-animation series, due for completion mid-2026, and then will be taking a short sabbatical through August. I'm available for new projects starting Sept. 2026. Happy to have chats between now and then about funding applications. Drop me a line!

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I haven’t been here in awhile so here’s a re-introduction! I’m Stacy, 51, queer, inclusive feminist. I am a contemporary jeweller in Glasgow as well as a visual communicator specialising in research led animations and illustrations that build empathy and understanding. Glad to be back!

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

From the bench this week: this banded murmuration zoetrope ring! This is the prototype. I’ll be fine tuning before releasing it into my upcoming collection. Really pleased with it so far!

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I’m opening commissions! For the first time ever, you can work with me to create a one-of-a-kind piece of jewellery in recycled sterling silver — a pendant, ring, or brooch made just for you (or someone you love). Slots are limited, so DM me if you’re curious! I’d love to make something with you!

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Friends! I’m so excited to finally share this piece with you! (had to wait for the commissioner to surprise their partner.) The learning curve was steep! I’ve never made a brooch before! I'll be re-making this piece as a statement necklace for my upcoming murmuration collection so watch this space!

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I am THRILLED with the way this ring turned out! It represents a huge learning curve and about 16 hours of labour. It’s the most technically challenging piece I’ve made yet and I’m so proud. Murmuration Ring. It will be for sale in my forthcoming collection in a few month’s time. #handmadejewelry

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Yes, well. There’ll be no living with me now. 🤣 The solder gods were with me today. Piece needs more work but I didn’t melt any birbs and I’m so pleased with the result! I’ll patina the interior so the birds stand out! Pendant or statement ring? What do you think? I can’t decide. #handmadejewelry

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I’m honestly so surprised I managed to pull this off! Look how tiny! And I managed to texture them semi-realistically! Fingertip for size reference. If i manage to solder these on their base today without melting them, I will become an insufferable human being. 🤣 #handmadejewelery

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Per my recent eye appointment, gramma’s reached ‘a pair of readers’ years old. Keepin’ it specsy over here with a second pair of glasses and hard candies in my purse.

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Packing up my first ever silver jewellery order (!!) and trying to be cool about it but absolutely failing. 🤩 Can’t believe things I made WITH MY HANDS are heading off to their new homes! Huge thanks to the people who made this milestone possible. More pieces coming soon! #silversmith #indieJeweler

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

So excited to ship out my first ever jewellery orders today!! 🥰🥰 Was just waiting on this last important piece to include to help keep the silver shiny over time! #jewelrymaking #handmadejewelry #metalsmithing

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I am just OVER THE MOON excited to launch my flagship silver pendant design! She’s the first piece of jewellery I’m putting out in the world and I love what she represents. A moment of peace, joy, and self-love. Just what we all need to give ourselves right now. 🥰🥰 stacybias.net/product-cate...

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Dreamt up the perfect t-shirt: “I LOVE YOU” in bold with “R DOG” in grey underneath. (I LOVE YOUR DOG.) I'ma Genius! Woke up ready to start my new t-shirt empire — turns out, it already exists. 😂 All the thoughts have already been thunk. Foiled again!

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Day 4 without WiFi. Storm Eowyn has me haunting BT's customer service line like a victorian child ghost. I've resorted to watching DVDs of All Creatures Great & Small (1987, natch) whilst tethering my iPhone to upload client files so slowly it feels like a personal attack. I'm GenX. I can do this!

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

This is a lovely starter pack of artists and artisans. If you want a feed full of soothing slow makes and beautiful things to balance the doom, follow all: go.bsky.app/C74PDjU

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

1st day at my new jewellery studio desk rental and y’all! I can’t believe how well this turned out. Copper prototype for a piece I’ll eventually make in silver. Still needs refining and patina but I’m so pleased. Might enamel the back to make it wearable as it’d be a shame to waste it. #silversmith

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

As a queer American expat, I want to use the privilege of living abroad to support my community. For the next year, if you’re an Org or researcher serving the LGBTQIA+ community (UK/USA), I’ll meet your project budget. WHATEVER it is. Animation, illustration, answer's yes: pay what you can. DM me.

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Inspired by Abigail Lamb's 2025 manifestation illustration, I drew up my own Project Wishlist. Hoping for more hand-drawn projects, collaborative, participant-led processes, joyful and/or LGTBQIA+ themes, & empathy-building work in 2025! More important than ever to be intentional in work & life. ❤️

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Just signed the contract on my new silversmithing desk share in Glasgow! Met my deskmate over WhatsApp and figured out our schedules align perfectly for sharing. *And* my basic tool setup arrived this morning. SO EXCITED to get started! Training wheels are off! Many ideas & so much practicing to do!

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Fridays are my jewellery skillbuilding day. I spent today designing this murmuration piece to be saw-pierced from a single sheet of silver. It feels like the perfect metaphor for how I’ve been feeling the last few days. We’re all made of the same stuff and we’re breathtaking when we move together.

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Queer friends, please don't leave all social media platforms w/o making an inclusive plan for retaining connections. If we become reactive & isolated by our ethics, we cease to gather &/or organise globally. Especially important for disabled/chronically ill people for whom online connection is key.

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

In 2024, I focused on mastering 2D character rigging, inc. lip sync, blink rigs, & 180° turns. This lets me create more realistic, relatable characters. Relatability builds connection, and connection holds interest! When we care about characters, we invest. Looking forward to learning more in 2025!

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Belated 2024 year in review! 🎉 * Lost Voices of Partition shown in 14 film festivals-a personal best! * Completed 6 animations + 1 illustration (health comms & public education). * Advanced skills in character rigging + lip syncing! * Topics: Antibiotic resistance, anti-racism, stroke recovery.

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

In October, I made the manatee pendant; by December, the wild swimmer. In 2 months, I learned to work at half the size-a huge challenge! Smaller pieces melt more easily & steadying a ball burr at 25k RPM isn’t easy. I’m proud of my first year’s progress and excited for what’s next! #Silversmithing

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

My latest animation with @peterhopkins.bsky.social is live! It highlights Nancy Kline’s "Thinking Environments," facilitating creative and empowered solutions through empathic listening. Proud to support @newcastleuni.bsky.social Doctoral training! #CreativeDissemination

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Generating 'Thinking Environments'

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Y’all! I am so proud of myself! This was difficult. From mockup to completion, making this wild swimming pendant took about 16 hours & a lot of trial and error. It’s not perfect but it’s better technique than the last piece & working smaller is harder. It’s such a joy to hold it finished in my hand!

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

One time my partner and I drove past a man and his little Staffy coming out of a chip shop. The man was carrying a greasy bag & SO WAS THE STAFFY -clutched happily in her teeth. Both were toodling off towards home w/ their snacks, tails wagging. I think about them a weird amount. <3 #DopamineBoost

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Today I want to use this animation to highlight how an animation designed specifically for one audience (in this case crematoria/cemetery designers/managers) can also speak to the general public in ways that build social cohesion and empathy. #ResearchImpact www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1NU...

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Why are there different funeral rituals?

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Want proof that research can impact on popular culture? Flying While Fat is a documentary animation viewed 780k+ times, featured in People, Cosmo, BBC Radio & more. Started as research but became something bigger—an artistic, narrative-driven exploration of exclusion & empathy. #DocumentaryAnimation

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I'm so pleased to have a little snippet published in Five Minute Lit today. I loved the challenge presented by their micro-format; finding the resonance in such a tight temporal and literary space. Lovely editorial experience as well. Writers, do submit! www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes...

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Your research can also be art! Participant-lead, co-created animations telling personal stories that illustrate larger experiences are so impactful. The Lost Voices of Partition went to 14 festivals & brought uncommonly heard stories to new audiences. vimeo.com/1016033023 #CreativeDissemination

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‘The Lost Voices of Partition’ by Nafhesa Ali - Funded by Northumbria University’s Social Sciences Pilot Project fund

This is "‘The Lost Voices of Partition’ by Nafhesa Ali - Funded by Northumbria University’s Social Sciences Pilot Project fund" by Northumbria…

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I love bridging the gap between researchers & the public through visual storytelling. You might be familiar with my animation explaining the social theory of Intersectionality, commissioned by @peterhopkins.bsky.social - w/ nearly 1million views! #SocialJustice www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1is...

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What is intersectionality?

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I bring 20+ yrs of social justice activism & an intersectional lens to my work in animation & illustration. I specialise in translating sensitive, nuanced topics into visuals that inform, engage, & inspire empathy. Your stories are moving! We embody knowledge best when we feel it. 🥰 #ResearchImpact

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

As I'm still new here: HI! I'm a freelance animator & illustrator with a passion for turning complex research into compelling visual stories. I help academic research connect with broader audiences to spark understanding & drive change. If that interests you, let’s connect! #VisualStorytelling

A selection of logos from reputable universities and organisations

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Y'all cannot imagine how insufferably pleased with myself I am! Holding a pendant motor w/a burr rotating at 100mph steady enough to make marks *this* teeny-tiny (look at her wee face!) is a butt-clencher. Lots more work to do but my new pendant is coming along "swimmingly"! (see what I did there?)

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

This is a picture of a Reindeer I saw yesterday on Ashton Lane in Glasgow. Not pictured is the part where I did *not* knock over a toddler and steal their carrot stick so I could pet the Reindeer, despite really really really wanting to PET THAT REINDEER. Please congratulate me on being a grown-up.

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Love this example of co-production and creative dissemination!

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Unreasonable Fantasy Property post! An ongoing series in which I find amazing properties, imagine a perfect life there, then slowly kill my own buzz so you don't have to. This is from 2021: A stone tower on a windswept Scottish moor w/ its own stone circle! stacybias.substack.com/p/eat-your-h...

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Snow in Glasgow! ❄️☃️🥰

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

UK Scholars, who's out there doing work that builds empathy, drives social change, and builds public knowledge and resilience around subjects that are often too nuanced to be easily understood? This kind of work is my passion. Let's connect and talk about how we can collaborate in the future!

a variety of stills from different animations featuring a wide range of characters and styles in multiple scenarios.

Client list - university of cambridge, goldsmiths, penn state, university of miami, northumbria university, ucl, newcastle university, university of liverpool, university of bath, city university london, royal holloway university, university of sheffield, engish institute of sport, uk sport

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Baby’s first claw (Rex) setting! 🤩🤩🥰🥰 Silversmithing is such good fun. Making something with metal and tools and fire is properly embodied and I LOVE IT! The end results of the slow labour are deeply rewarding. #silversmithing

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Fun with squiggles today! I love it when my clients don't require overly-literal thinking and allow me to use visual metaphor to explain concepts. This beautiful swirling vortex is a metaphor for creative thought! I'm really enjoying my current project. 🌈🌀🤩 #creativemethods #explaineranimation

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

It’s mostly white people who talk about echo chambers. Maybe you need the internet to meet people with different ideas but the rest of us do not. We know what the “other side” thinks because we deal with it every day! Everywhere! We’re fine. Carry on. Happy Saturday!

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Hand drawn animation fun! It's a rare treat in my animation work to have time to do more labour-intensive processes like frame-by-frame. In this case, it's just a quick screen wash transition but it was so fun to draw! <3

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Would love to connect with 40+ queer folks in Glasgow! Looking for my local tribe. I love: cold water swimming, nature walks, game nights, silversmithing, day trips, shared meals, setting the world to rights, crafternoons, scary movies, surreal humour, being COVID-cautious to protect the vulnerable.

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Queers over 50 - show me your beautiful faces & give me some of that hard-won wisdom! Here's mine & here's what I know today: The sole job description of the activist is to remain hopeful despite overwhelming cause for cynicism. Every good and useful action follows on from that. Stay hopeful. <3

A white woman with dark hair wearing a black and white patterned jacket stands backlit by the sun against a backdrop of sandy beach and gentle ocean waves. She is smiling.

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Colin Angus @victimofmaths.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Academic friends - we're looking to recruit a couple of temporary research posts working at Doncaster Royal Infirmary for a project to evaluate the impact of dedicated Alcohol Care Teams in hospitals Would suit a PhD student looking for clinical research experience jobs.hull.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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Job Vacancy at the University of Hull: TSS Research Assistant

We are seeking up to two temporary Research Assistants to join the ProACTIVE research team, which is examining the impact and effectiveness of Alcohol Care Teams in England. This is an exciting opport...

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Stacy Bias @stacybias.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I'm booked through spring 2025 but would LOVE to chat to researchers putting in funding bids for work after May 2025 whose projects might benefit from creative dissemination! Especially interested in participant-driven, collaborative work, Health Communication, equalities, LGBTQIA+ & social justice!

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