co globemakers industry bespoke globemakers founded 2008 founder peter bellerby headquarters london england products globes website www.bellerbyandco.com bellerby & co globemakers 1 2 3 is a privately owned english company based in stoke newington north london specialising in the manufacture of artisanal handcrafted globes . it is one of only two handmade globemaking companies in the world . 4 contents 1 background 2 globemaking 3 references 4 external links background edit peter bellerby 5 6 founded the company in 2008 after a fruitless search for a special globe for his father s 80th birthday . 7 having searched in vain he set about making a globe himself by hand for his father leading to the founding of the company in 2008 . 8 bellerby & co s churchill globe being painted the louvre commissioned the company to remake coronelli s original celestial globe first made for louis xvi in 1683 . the original plates have been stored for over three centuries and are in almost flawless condition . the louvre will display the piece on the grand staircase at the museum . 9 two globes were commissioned for the 2011 film hugo . 10 11 in 2012 the company hosted the first ever globe exhibition at the royal geographical society . 12 13 in the same year an egg shaped bellerby globe was donated to the faberge big egg hunt charity for auction in london . the auction raised 11 100 for the elephant family conservation movement . a second egg globe was auctioned at sotheby s in new york in 2014 and raised 25 000 for both elephant family and action for children . 14 15 the company is involved with a charity campaign called travels to my elephant a one of a kind rickshaw they made was auctioned on 30 june 2015 raising 22 000 towards the 1 million goal of creating elephant corridors in india . 16 17 in march 2015 the company was the subject of a segment on the one show on bbc1 . 18 bellerby & co. has collaborated with british nigerian artist yinka shonibare on a number of gallery and exhibition projects ; for instance shonibare asked for a globe head for his ballerina statue for the royal opera house . 19 20 21 globemaking edit the globes are made of hollow plaster of paris hemispheres which are glued together . the map details are created from contemporary maps that are customised and corrected using adobe illustrator . the maps are then printed onto paper gores and are hand painted . after they are glued onto the globe they are coated in layers of resin . the globes are weighted so they come slowly to rest when spun . 4 22 the churchill globe at around fifty inches in diameter is the largest made by the company . 23 its design is based on a globe presented to winston churchill and franklin delano roosevelt by george marshall the us army s chief of staff during world war ii . 24 25 references edit globing the map tim marshall . the what and the why . retrieved 2015 06 10 . peter bellerby the globemaker on vimeo . vimeo.com . 2013 04 07 . retrieved 2015 06 10 . bespoke bellerby globes the national . thenational.ae . retrieved 2015 09 05 . a b navigating peter bellerby s beautiful artisanal globes make electronics crafts diy projects and how tos for makers . makezine.com . 2013 09 04 . retrieved 2015 06 10 . meet the craftsman who makes the world s coolest globes . wired . 2013 10 14 . retrieved 2015 06 10 . man of the world pdf . centurion magazine.com . retrieved 2015 06 10 . sims josh 2014 04 29 . peter bellerby globemaker interview . billionaire . retrieved 2015 06 10 . sharp aaron 2013 10 15 . bellerby & co globemakers amazing hand made globes worth up to 59 000 made in britain daily mail online . dailymail.co.uk . retrieved 2015 06 10 . http www.ft.com cms s 0 05a5297e 8eb0 11e5 8be4 3506bf20cc2b.html happy endings hugo globemakers . bellerbyandco.com . 2013 10 14 . retrieved 2015 06 10 . q & a with bellerby and co globemakers merchant & makers . merchantandmakers.com . 2015 03 29 . retrieved 2015 09 05 . bellerby & co. exhibition at the royal geographical society in kensington the guide to kensington & chelsea . kensington chelsea.com . retrieved 2015 06 10 . bellerby & co. exhibition at the royal geographical society in kensington the guide to kensington & chelsea . kensington chelsea.com . retrieved 2015 09 05 . thank you new york globemakers . bellerbyandco.com . 2014 04 23 . retrieved 2015 06 12 . egg globe bellerby globe makers . paddle8 . 2014 04 22 . retrieved 2015 09 05 . artists . travelstomyelephant.org . retrieved 2015 06 12 . artists . travelstomyelephant.org . retrieved 2015 09 05 . bellerby & co globemakers on the one show bbc one . bbc . 2015 03 26 . retrieved 2015 06 10 . recent work with yinka shonibare globemakers . bellerbyandco.com . 2015 04 16 . retrieved 2015 06 12 . from yoni creatives 1 year ago not yet rated 2014 06 07 . yinka shonibare s ballerina royal opera house on vimeo . vimeo.com . retrieved 2015 09 05 . globemakers 2012 06 21 . yinka shonibare globemakers . globemakers.wordpress.com . retrieved 2015 09 05 . hannah booth 2013 08 16 . wood sweat and tears life and style . the guardian . retrieved 2015 06 10 . bellerby & co. globemakers the churchill our globes . bellerbyandco.com . retrieved 2015 06 10 . bespoke bellerby globes the national . thenational.ae . retrieved 2015 06 10 . i am ready to meet my maker our churchill globe is underway globemakers . bellerbyandco.com . 2012 02 21 . retrieved 2015 06 10 . external links edit bellerbyandco.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bellerby % 26 co globemakers & oldid 732665283 categories manufacturing companies based in londonbritish companies established in 2008map companiesluxury brandshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 2 august 2016 at 12 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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