Astronauts, ecologists, and bands are splashing out up to $100,000 on luxury custom-made globes
Most of the cost comes from therequired to make the intricate globes by hand. All Bellerby's globes are"entirely bespoke," with illustrations painted on by hand, head globemaker Eddy da Silva told Insider. Each globe goes through at least five sets of hands.
Customers come from all walks of life and include YouTubers, astronauts, and writers, with many people buying them as gifts. Three globes were even commissioned The globes have been shipped all over. Some globes have been shipped to Peru, Cambodia, and even a remote island in French Polynesia. They've also gone to castles and vineyards.As well as being practical,"a lot of people very much consider them as pieces of art," Peter Bellerby, the company's founder, said."The beauty is they can interact with it the whole time. It's a more engaging piece of artwork.
The company declined to share personal details of its customers, citing confidentiality reasons, but told Insider about some of the most interesting globes it had made.One of Bellerby's customers was an ecologist who wanted Earth to look like it did during the Ice Age. Bellerby used its existing map as a starting point and then added overlays of ice sheets, the continental outlines as they were 21,000 years ago, and the locations of his research team's field sites.
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