Gallery: Meet the Craftsman Who Makes the World's Coolest Globes

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    Peter Bellerby started Bellerby & Co. back in 2008 after he couldn't find a proper globe to gift to his father for his 80th birthday. *Image: Jamie Smith*
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    He began making handmade globes in his home, but the operation his since moved to an actual studio. *Image: Bellerby & Co.*
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    Bellerby and his small staff hand make everything, but they use Formula 1 fabricatorsto build the moulds, which helps reduce any tolerances (or errors). *Image: Jamie Smith*
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    Bellerby applies each painted gore, or strip of map, very carefully. *Image: Belleryby & Co.*
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    It took him 18 months to perfect his goring technique. *Image: Jamie Smith*
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    A massive Churchill globe is complete. It's 127 cm in diameter. *Image: Bellerby & Co.*
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    Hand painting a globe. *Image: Jamie Smith*
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    Any error you make on the mould of the globe is multiplied by Pi. *Image: Bellerby & Co.*
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