Sarah Winman’s bestselling novel Still Life | Inspiration at Bellerby & Co Globemakers
In Sarah Winman’s bestselling novel Still Life, the main character Ulysses Temper is a young British soldier who goes on to become a globemaker (among his other life paths in Florence and London).
While Ulysses is a fictional Globemaker in the novel, Sarah spent time in the studio of real-world artisan Globemakers – Bellerby & Co Globemakers.
In Still Life, Ulysses’s work and artistic/handcrafted sensibilities connect deeply to the delicate, tactile, old-world beauty of making globes and objects of art, mirroring the real-life resurgence of traditional craftsmanship.
We are so happy to represent that rare, ancient intersection of cartography, painting, and engineering featured with romantic reverence in stories about art and fate like Winman’s book.
You can explore Sarah Winman’s novel via all major book retailers or learn more about real-world globe craftsmanship through our book The Globemakers : The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft.
