I have fond memories of a particular globe of the world when I was very little – it had raised mountains and textured ocean currents and I liked to trace my finger along the mountain ranges and over the vast oceans. That was as about as ‘interactive’ as globes got in the seventies so when I spotted the superb felt globe by Jennifer Talbot, it was love at first sight.
The globe is made from wool felt and includes lots of little pieces that attach with Velcro and can be moved around. The sweet little suitcase hanging at the bottom holds all the pieces and there are also felt airplanes, two suspended above the globe so that they appear to be flying and one on a ribbon, housed in its own airplane hangar.
There is an obvious educational element to this beautiful piece but I think kids will have fun creating worldwide adventures and arranging the pieces in whatever combination they dream of. Clever crafters amongst us might like to attempt something similar – perhaps a map of Australia featuring landmarks that your family have visited? Okay, I’m off to create a little felt Big Banana!
Jennifer Talbot is a interior designer based in the US.
(via Design Mom)
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I really want to order one of these and have written off to the designer. Not being picky but looks like Tassie is still joined to the mainland though! ;>
Sarah – have you heard back from the designer? I emailed her 2mths ago and have heard nothing?
Hi Sandra, I’ve heard nothing, bit disapointing, I LOVE this idea and really want to order one for xmas! I’ll keep trying and if I hear anything I’ll post back to you :)
Hi Sandra,
She’s not doing them commercially unfortunetley, she was so lovely and gave me some tips to make my own, which I am attempting to do before Xmas! I’ll post my results.
Cheers
Sarah
I love this. it is AMAZING. If she doesn’t want to make anymore I am TOTALLY going to make one myself! Will post results too xxx
Can’t wait to see yours Aliex! Mine is not going ahead very quickly, I have the felt…but haven’t got any further yet! X
Thanks Sarah for letting me know! I take my hats off to you ladies for even attempting it! I haven’t got a creative artistic bone in my body! I was hoping someone else could do it for me! :D
Good luck – would love to see the results (is it difficult?)
Hi Sandra, I have drawn it all up on paper and am starting to cut the patterns, I’ve bought some felt but need nice strong stuff too, I really think it’s going to take me 6 months but I PROMISE to post the results! I’d love to have it done for my 4 year old’s birthday in December but I doubt it! x
Ooo it’s so exciting.. and given me some ideas for some other designs. Wish i could get started straight away instead of worrying about the day job!! Sarah, how big have you made the outline of world in total? Ax
Hi Aliex
I’ve just done a small outline on A3 for now, using paper only, but will def make it bigger once the little prototype is done. I just want to see what it looks like on paper and nut out my designs, then I’ll go bigger!
Cheers :)