Derby Book Festival: Peter Bellerby – The Globemakers: The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft
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Saturday 18th Nov – Part of Derby Book Festival – Autumn Edition.
Peter will be in conversation with Andrew Flack, former Vice Chair of Derby Book Festival.
Peter Bellerby is the founder of Bellerby & Co. Globemakers, the world’s only truly bespoke makers of globes. His team of skilled craftspeople make exquisite terrestrial, celestial and planetary globes. The business began after he failed to find a special globe for his father’s 80th birthday – and decided to make one himself, taking him on an extraordinary journey of rediscovering this forgotten craft.
The Globemakers takes us through how to build a globe, or ‘earth apples’ as they were first known, and includes fascinating vignettes on history, art history, astronomy and physics, as well as the day-to-day craftsmanship.
Peter also assisted Sarah Winman with research for her novel, Still Life.
Tickets: £10 – portrait by Euan Myles, Saga Magazine in full linked here.
