The Stone Art Chronicles
featuring the ongoing adventures of Devin Devine, stone mason based in Blakeslee PA with projects completed across the USASomeone Tried to Steal My Work
Devin Devine, a stone mason in Blakeslee, PA, the Pocono region, serving surrounding areas including Montgomery County I've caught multiple people, some local, claiming to have built this, on social media. One of them was a wealthy home owner looking for props, just...
dry stone walls and stone steps with wrought iron handrail
Devin Devine, masonry contractor in Blakeslee PA devin@devineescapes.com 610-301-4269 Steel is like stone: it's extracted from stone, but it's a bit easier to bend. The customer thought it'd be best for me to do the handrail, since they're my steps. We built the dry...
APB on a stone artist near Lake Tahoe
Devin Devine, traveling artist and stone mason in Blakeslee PA devin@devineescapes.com 610-301-4269 It's time for another edition of "Devin Answers Emails". Today we have a question from near Lake Tahoe Nevada. Someone named Jessie writes me, asking if this work is my...
otherworldly snow sculptures strange glowing visitors in the night
Devin Devine, mason and sculptor in Blakeslee PA devin@devineescapes.com 610-301-4269 "You’re having fun!!" True. Self expression makes the work fun, and the challenge keeps it fun. Both of these kept threatening to collapse as I built them. Also, just trying to make...
Colorful and Illuminated Igloo and Ice Sculptures in Blakeslee PA
Devin Devine, Sculptor and Stone Masonry Contractor based in Blakeslee 610-301-4269 devin@devineescapes.com I got the igloo completed a day before the big storm came--13" of snow fell. My helper for the igloo project was a 2 and a half year old--she had a blast, and...
clean gravel foundation with chip stone for bedding and polysand for joints or no?
Devin Devine, contractor based out of Blakeslee Pennsylvania 610-301-4269 contact devin@devineescapes.com Ask Devin: Should you use loose clean gravel or crushed stone with fines? flagstone advice from someone who's been in the trade for 29 years . I've been doing...