The Stone Art Chronicles
featuring the ongoing adventures of Devin DevineAPB on a stone artist near Lake Tahoe
Devin Devine, traveling stone artist 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 work. Jessie had a...
otherworldly snow sculptures strange glowing visitors in the night
Devin Devine, Poconos snow mason and ice sculptor 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
Devin Devine, artist based in the Poconos 610-301-4269 devin@devineescapes.com Snow Masonry and ice sculpture 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, flagstone guy 610-301-4269 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 flagstone for decades and repaired jobs...
Winter Solstice 2025 | Cairn Building Video
Devin Devine, Traveling Stone Artist Based out of the Poconos devin@devineescapes.com Happiness and Love to ALL You might note 2 things about this Solstice Cairn: the similarity to my most recent major piece, namely the Lithadelic Tear Drop. And ALSO, the similarity...
should you cut flagstone with the saw, grinder, or just a hammer?
Devin Devine, Stone Masonry in Manayunk and the Main Line devin@devineescapes.com 610-301-4269 Of course I prefer to cut stone using the hammer, when I can. But if there's a huge part of the stone to remove, then cutting with the hammer is wasteful. So you us the saw,...
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