Comments on: Peter Bellerby, Globe Maker

By: Cherub

Cherub — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:32:33 +0000

A few years ago I paid a visit to the Museo Galileo in Florence. The globes there were absolutely beautiful and they had a fascinating film on how they were made. I love the photos of the globes here.

By: Bailey Jones

Bailey Jones — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:05:23 +0000

Great to see this craft continuing into the twenty-first century.
I am reminded of one of favourite books of recent years, Still Life by Sarah Winman. Set partly in the East End, one of the main characters is a globe maker.

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:19:15 +0000

Sometimes I suspect that you are creating these posts just for ME. Me, and only me. (I’m kidding of course, and think many of your readers feel the same.) But today the photos of the “pennants” of worldwide geography, dangling from a line — plus the painted swatch board — made me crow with happiness. My husband has a vast collection of globes that he has been gathering for decades.
They are staged all throughout his den, and I am especially fond of a red-ocean globe since it
looks perfect in his all-red den. For myself, I recall an art contest that I won as a child — the prize was a black-ocean globe, and I felt like I had “won the world”.

Thank you, GA.

By: Mathilde Grange

Mathilde Grange — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:50:24 +0000

Wonderful!

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 09:45:48 +0000

Wonderful – on so many levels!