Billionaire Magazine

Great article and gorgeous photos in Billionaire Magazine by Piers Cunliffe.

Peter Bellerby couldn’t find a decent globe as a present for his father. His solution was to spend months of trial and error perfecting the art of making globes. The result? Aesthetically beautiful objects and a host of bespoke commissions.

Peter Bellerby travels around the world many times a day. Admittedly, the world he deals with will sit on your desk or, at their biggest, some 4.2ft. across, in the corner of a room. “World with globes definitely makes you think about things differently,” he says. “You can see the Earth’s curvature. It makes you want to discover more, to travel more. It gives you a sense of the whole world. And when you’re holding a globe in your hands, it makes you feel like the world is a rather fragile place.”

“Actually one could drop a Bellerby globe and it would probably dent the floor or break your foot. His little planets are tough, made of traditional plaster for smaller models and resin for the largest. They are formed in moulds prepared by a specialist company more used to making parts for Formula 1 cars and are necessary to give the globe the right weighting. If most globes spin on one axis, Bellerby’s are mounted on a complex roller-bearing mounting – developed by an Aston Martin engineer – so they can spin freely in any direction. It is another benefit for those in need of feeling even more god-like.

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