The New York Times
Some snippets from a fantastic New York Times feature about my work as a globemaker and conservator.
It was a real pleasure to spend an exceptionally warm day with Roff Smith, talking in the workshop about the long history of globemaking: the materials, the techniques, and the remarkable objects that have survived for centuries. We discussed what the conservation of historic globes can reveal, the questions that still emerge, and the quiet satisfaction of making new work by hand.
Globemaking is a craft with a history stretching back more than 500 years, but it remains full of discoveries. Every globe has its own story - of the people who made it, the changing understanding of the world it recorded, and the care that has allowed it to endure. Keeping those skills alive today means both looking closely at the past and continuing to make, repair, and learn.
Read in full here.
