Tring Book Festival : Saturday 11th November 2023
PETER BELLERBY – THE GLOBEMAKERS: THE CURIOUS STORY OF AN ANCIENT CRAFT
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Join us in Tring! An afternoon of conversation with Peter Bellerby, founder of Bellerby & Co. Globemakers, the world’s only truly bespoke makers of traditionally handcrafted globes. Discover the inspiration behind his incredible story and his pursuit for perfection and hear about his stunning new book The Globemakers: The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft.
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Date : Saturday 11th November 2023
Time : 1:00 PM
Doors Open 12:15 PM
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His team of skilled craftspeople make exquisite terrestrial, celestial and planetary globes for customers around the world. The story began after his attempt to find a special globe for his father’s 80th birthday. Failing to find anything suitable, he decided to make one himself which took him on an extraordinary journey of rediscovering this forgotten craft. The chapters of The Globemakers take us through the jo
urney of how to build a globe, or ‘earth apples’ as they were first known, and includes vignettes on history, art history, astronomy and physics, as well as the day-to-day craftsmanship at the workshop itself.
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Using illustration, photography and narrative, this beautiful book is a fascinating celebration of globes, and the wonder of the world they encapsulate.
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‘An inspirational story of a craftsman’s dogged pursuit for perfection … written with the intricacy of someone who can capture the fine details of our vast planet in something small enough to sit on your desk.’ – Rebecca Struthers, multi-award-winning designer, watchmaker, historian, and author of Hands of Time.
‘The untold story of the globe, this book is a glorious spyhole into a forgotten art’
Lara Maiklem, author of The Sunday Times bestseller, Mudlarking
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ABOUT PETER BELLERBY
Peter Bellerby is a world-renowned globemaker and founder of artisan globemakers Bellerby & Co. After a successful career in television, in 2008 Peter began his search for a special globe for his father’s 80th birthday. Not finding what he wanted, he set about making a globe himself by hand, which was the start of an arduous and fantastic journey that led to the founding of his company in 2010. Bellerby & Co. Globemakers have won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the international trade category twice, in 2018 and 2021.
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