Maker of Worlds
Hand-turned globes in wood charting journeys, connections and locations of personal importance,
inlaid with precious metals and gemstones.
Each globe begins as a solid piece of wood, well, to be accurate, they all start as trees, but after felling, milling and drying the wood can then be shaped into spheres through turning.
Either the North Pole or the Equator is placed to provide a point of orientation. Then the coordinates of cities or other locations are mapped out as they would appear on an actual globe and marked.
The wood is then carved and inlaid with silver or gold or set with gems to create an abstract representation of the world. Think of it as the mature version of sticking pins in a map.
JFK - LHR
oak, silver, brass
LHR - NRT
Hand-turned laburnum wood inlaid with white gold to indicate the North Pole and yellow gold to mark the flight path from London to Tokyo
I currently turn at Cockpit Studios in Deptford thanks to the generosity of the Worshipful Company of Turners. Cockpit is London’s premier craft incubator and home to many skilled crafts people. It holds Open Studios twice a year when you can come and meet the makers in their studios.