One Of The World’s Last Remaining Globe-Makers That Use The Ancient Art Of Making Globes By Hand
more: Bellerby & Co. Globemakers
In the modern age, with the advent of GPS in addition to the abundance of mass-produced globes and maps, the art
of globe making has fallen by the wayside. Only two workshops in the
world still make handcrafted globes; one of them is us….. Bellerby &
Co. Globemakers, a studio based in Stoke Newington, London.
Founded by Peter Bellerby in 2008, the artisan studio was born when
Bellerby struggled to find a quality globe for his father’s 80th
birthday present. Faced with a choice between a cheaply made modern
globes or a fragile, expensive antique model, Bellerby decided to spend a
few months and a few thousand pounds making his own, instead. The
process turned out to be more complicated, costly, and time-intensive
than he thought, eventually leading to the creation of his own
globe-making studio.
Now, we have a small team of dedicated Globe-makers constructing high-quality, handmade, artisan globes that are as much works
of art as they are scientific instruments. From the stand, to the
painting, to the mapmaking, each piece is expertly crafted in-house
using traditional and modern globe-making techniques.