Artist
Stephanie Graham
Jewellery & Inclusive Experience Design
Stephanie Graham
Themes:
Inclusive Experience Design, Community Co-Creation, Co-design, Craft, Entrepreneurship, Creativity as Social Change
Meet Stephanie Graham
Stephanie is a jeweller and entrepreneur who uses craft and design to express identity, build confidence, and co-create public cultural spaces, bringing a deep understanding of multi-sensory communication, ethical facilitation, and trauma-informed practice in creative education.
In 2021, Stephanie founded Dundee Community Craft CIC, an organisation that provides workshops, education, employment opportunities, and trauma-informed well-being support for vulnerable communities in Dundee affected by poverty, complex trauma, and substance use. She collaborates closely with the organisation’s ‘community makers’ to co-design and co-produce hand-crafted metalwork and jewellery that is sold through galleries and retail outlets.
Her work centres on creating progressive, sustainable opportunities through craftsmanship, helping people develop practical skills, build confidence, and form connections with others. Through a trauma-informed, lived-experience-led approach, she supports community makers to increase their self-esteem, discover a sense of purpose, and carry their new skills into other areas of their lives. Each piece created within the organisation reflects her commitment to nurturing beauty and possibility even in times of adversity.
Education
Stephanie holds a BA (Hons) Jewellery and Metal Design (First Class Honours, 2020), an MSc in Product Design (2021), and a PGCert in Community Education (2025), all from the University of Dundee.
Biography
Recent work includes serving as Exhibition Designer for Healing Through Craft at V&A Dundee (2024), where she designed and facilitated a co-created exhibition with participants impacted by trauma, developing sensory-rich features and embedding rigorous ethical consent practices. She is Lead Researcher for a community-led project (2024–2025) exploring jewellery design as a method for transformative education, storytelling, and policy influence, producing participant-created jewellery, thematic analysis on empowerment, and a blueprint for applying maker pedagogy to service design. Since 2022, she has also facilitated inclusive creative workshops across Scotland with neurodivergent adults, refugees, and young people in care, co-curating community displays and small exhibitions that showcase participant-led work.
Awards
Stephanie is a published author on socially engaged creative practice in a social work best-practice journal.
Professional language Experience
Stephanie has facilitated inclusive creative workshops with neurodivergent adults, refugees, and young people in care. She has delivered community-led research and co-design projects, supporting participants in storytelling, confidence-building, and co-authoring exhibition text.
