Tony Crosby is a Cornish artist and maker. Lead artist in Truro City of Lights and maker extraordinaire of large scale processional figures for Mazey Day & St Pirans Day in Helston amongst other festivals. He works in many media from withy and paper to silver and copper, taking inspiration from Cornwall’s landscape, stories and people. He is an experienced workshop leader in the community and in schools. This summer has found him bending willow on Par Beach, The Rock Oyster Festival and Watergate – despite the weather!
Keith Sparrow is an artist, writer and performer living in Truro. His work in the arts in Cornwall takes him down intriguing and fascinating paths. Working with Coppice Theatre, The Story Republic, a group of writers, artists and performers who perform poems, songs and stories with a Cornish flavour. He is the illustrator of The Writers’ Block. He works as an illustrator on all kinds of projects including an exhibition of artwork on the astronomer John Couch Adams, at the Royal Cornwall Museum.
Keith Sparrow has been drawing and collecting comics since his childhood. He is a prolific storyboard artist whose work includes SpaceJam, Anime Art: Easel Does It and Drawing Action Manga: Easel Does It. A lifelong manga and anime enthusiast, Keith attends animation and comic conventions and is currently working on his own graphic novel. He uses a mixture of traditional and digital techniques in his work, drawing and inking by hand before colouring and finishing on computer. He runs manga drawing workshops and sessions to engage children and adults with graphic storytelling.
Latest Past Events
An Evolving Map of Redruth – Keith Sparrow
The Ladder 2-4 Clinton Rd, RedruthIn conversation with visitors to the Sound Installation in The Ladder, artist and illustrator Keith Sparrow will draw an Interactive Evolving Map of Redruth.
Handmade Book Making – Tony Crosby
The Ladder 2-4 Clinton Rd, RedruthA drop-in workshop to make a beautiful, accessible, handmade concertina book.
