Gemstone Carvings: Masterworks by Harold Van Pelt - Exhibition Catalogue and Gift with Purchase

Exhibition Catalogue, "Gemstone Carvings: Masterworks by Harold Van Pelt" includes "Birthday Book of Diamonds" appointment book - as gift with purchase of exhibition catalogue "Birthday Book of Diamonds" includes photographs by Harold and Erica Van Pelt.  It is both elegant and enduring, featuring photographs of notable jewelry for the birthstone of each month, with all subsequent photographs of extraordinary and diverse diamonds in every format.  The calendar format does not include the day of the week or year, allowing it to be used at any time. The Bowers Museum is very proud to have the opportunity to exhibit the carving of Harold Van Pelt.  Van, as he is known to his friends, is best known, along with his wife, Erica, as perhaps the finest gem and mineral photographer in the world.  Yet few realize that Van has been pursuing another art, the art of stone carving, for almost forty years.  This exhibition at the Bowers is the first opportunity for the public to see the full body