Leonardo Frigo
Italian craftsman Leonardo Frigo is devoted to the lost art of globe-making. Each of his works begins as a blank sphere in his London studio, transformed slowly through layers of drawing, pigment and varnish. Working with the precision of a restorer and the imagination of a storyteller, Frigo is inspired by Venetian cosmographer Vincenzo Coronelli, reviving 17th-century methods of papermaking, pigment preparation and map printing. Every globe is built entirely by hand, from the structure and surface to the intricate drawings that chart both geography and narrative, philosophy and myth. Released in limited numbers each year, his globes celebrate patience, curiosity and the enduring craft of making the world by hand.
Photographer credits: Rod Lockyer Sirplus; Aris Mercury
Italian craftsman Leonardo Frigo is devoted to the lost art of globe-making. Each of his works begins as a blank sphere in his London studio, transformed slowly through layers of drawing, pigment and varnish. Working with the precision of a restorer and the imagination of a storyteller, Frigo is inspired by Venetian cosmographer Vincenzo Coronelli, reviving 17th-century methods of papermaking, pigment preparation and map printing. Every globe is built entirely by hand, from the structure and surface to the intricate drawings that chart both geography and narrative, philosophy and myth. Released in limited numbers each year, his globes celebrate patience, curiosity and the enduring craft of making the world by hand.
Photographer credits: Rod Lockyer Sirplus; Aris Mercury
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Leonardo Frigo
Italian craftsman Leonardo Frigo is devoted to the lost art of globe-making. Each of his works begins as a blank sphere in his London studio, transformed slowly through layers of drawing, pigment and varnish. Working with the precision of a restorer and the imagination of a storyteller, Frigo is inspired by Venetian cosmographer Vincenzo Coronelli, reviving 17th-century methods of papermaking, pigment preparation and map printing. Every globe is built entirely by hand, from the structure and surface to the intricate drawings that chart both geography and narrative, philosophy and myth. Released in limited numbers each year, his globes celebrate patience, curiosity and the enduring craft of making the world by hand.
