Globe Listing
Local, national and international artists, as well as school children designed the globes using a variety of materials to transform a plain white sphere to create awareness and provoke discussion about a potential solution to global warming. Each globe is five feet in diameter, seven-and-one-half feet tall and weighs 2,300 pounds.
Visit the old site to view the globes, new gallery coming soon...
The Making of a Cool Globe
Cool Globes commissioned sculptor Matt Binns, who specializes in the creation of large models of the
Earth, to design the handcrafted model for the Cool Globes.
"Using a variety of techniques and tools derived from 18th Century armourers and blacksmiths – along with lots of elbow grease and bad language, we wrestle flat materials into delightful curves." – Matt Binns creator of the Cool Gloves model
Matt Binns was one of the first supporters of the CoolGlobes project. He is a talented sculptor and the innovative designer of the original CoolGlobes mold, which he hand-crafted. He specializes in building aluminum globes up to 8' in diameter, some mounted as freestanding sculptures, others displayed on rotating motorized stands. His globes are custom-built using a variety of finishes and many different configurations, for more details go to Giantglobes.com. According to Matt, "the variations are limited only by your imagination."
Click here to view Chicago artist Peta Kaplan-Sandzer's demonstration of the various stages of the process
by which artists create their globe.
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1. Initial design submitted |
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2. Purchase of materials for globe painting |
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3. Preparation of globe: cleaning and undercoat painting |
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4. Research of Green Fleets subject matter |
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5. Painting of logos and educational messages |
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6. Depiction of case study: Brookfield Zoo |
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7. Finished globe: biofuels (corn, sugar cane, switch grass), CO2 contributors, Green Fleets solution... |