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Dido Crosby is a sculptor living and working in London, taking commissions in bronze, cast iron, ceramics and wood. After completing a Zoology degree at Oxford University, a Welding diploma at Poplar and a second BA in Sculpture at Central St Martin’s, Crosby is pursuing a lifetime’s interest in animals, with a fascination for form, function, and making things.
Crosby has a series of life-sized cast iron pieces at Acton Court, a Tudour banqueting hall in Iron Acton, a larger than life bronze horse overlooking Loch Fyne at Dunderave Castle in Scotland, and a bronze gazelle in a sculpture park in Liguria, Italy. Other pieces in public collections include a pair of Indian Runner Ducks bought by Prudential, a skeleton reconstruction and life-sized sculpture of a manatee in a museum of natural history in Puerto Rico, and a carved wooden dragon’s head in a garden for visually impaired children in Bristol.
Crosby’s work is exhibited at Jagged Art in Marylebone in London, The Campden Gallery in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, and Big/Small, Casual in New York.
Pair of Barn Owls, 2005, bronze, Acton Court, Iron Acton, Bristol
Iron Heifer and Iron Sow and Piglets, 2002, cast iron, Acton Court, Iron Acton, Bristol
Mary, Mother of the World, roundel, 2000, Jesmonite, glass fibre, acrylic and gold leaf, St Mary’s Primary School, Enfold Street, London
Indonesian Cow, 1999, Jesmonite glass fibre, The Conquest Hospital, Hastings, Sussex
Four Falcon Finials and a pair of Acanthus Leaf Balls, 1996, stone, Shakespeare’s Globe, Southwark, London
Dragon Head and Tail, 1996, carved reclaimed teak and marbles, in a garden for visually impaired children, the Woodside Family Centre, Kingswood, Bristol