Devin Devine is a Pennsylvania-based stone mason, dry stone sculptor, and environmental artist whose work has been featured in newspapers, magazines, books, television segments, art festivals, and international design publications. His projects include traditional masonry, dry stone sculpture, land art, public art installations, and handcrafted stone features created throughout the United States.
Selected Press & Media Highlights
- WFMZ Channel 69 News
- Garden Design Magazine
- Washington Gardener
- Spirit of Stone by Jan Johnsen
- Journal-News (Hamilton sculpture)
- Llano Earth Art Festival coverage
- TV Hamilton
Meet Eco Artist Devin Devine
Article by Nicole Reisinger, Washington Gardener, October 2017, Page 20 to 21
From flagstone walkways to natural stone benches, eco-artist Devin Devine’s masonry marries nature’s beauty and technical architecture with his artistic nuance. After starting his business, Devine Escapes in 2007, Devine set off on a mission to create intricate landscapes with an eco- logical conscience. Based (now) in Blakeslee, PA, Devine operates with 19 years of experience in masonry and hardscaping. (note, that’s 29 years experience, as of 2026) The Friends of Brookside Gardens recently commissioned Devine to install a dry-stone sculpture to commemorate 20 years of supporting Brookside Gardens. In the Fragrance Garden near the maple terrace, Devine’s stacked stone sphere exudes an enduring presence.
Continued: Washington Gardener/Eco Artist
Dry Stone Garden Sphere is a Splash of Color
by Anne Balogh
A ball of living energy, made from multiple colors of stone swirling about,” is how artist Devin Devine describes his latest garden art creation, a large 4-foot sphere made of fragments of stone arranged in a circular eddy of waves. His company, Devine Escapes in Effort, Pa., specializes in using natural stone to design unique and inspiring outdoor landscapes. Artistic projects such as this one make up about half of his
work, with the rest of his time devoted to building flagstone patios, walls, and other types of hardscaping.from Garden Design dot com
More info on my masonry and sculpture career can be found on my Curriculum Vitae.
Featured in Times News Online for custom stonework in Blakeslee, PA
Llano News
Dry Stone Tower I built in Llano Texas, March 2023
Made the cover of a local paper, after I built the Dry Stone Tower at the Llano Earth Art Fest. More photos and video, here. Took 7 days to build, not 10.
Spirit of Stone
A book by Jan Johnsen, page 22 is about my work.
My customers have testimonials about my work too.
Press and Media from International art/design blogs:
From Italy: Le incredibili sfere realizzate con frammenti di pietra di Devin Devine
Here, let’s have google translate that for us:
The incredible stone spheres made with fragments of Devin Devine
Press From France:
Sphères en pierres sèches par l’artiste Devin Devine
L’artiste Devin Devine est à la fois paysagiste et sculpteur. Il maîtrise à la perfection la technique des murs en pierres sèches sans colle ni mortier qui consiste à empiler soigneusement des pierres les unes sur les autres.
The artist Devin Devine is both landscape artist and sculptor. He mastered perfectly the technique of dry stone walls without glue or mortar which consists of carefully stacking stones on top of each other. Each stone has its place, the solidity of the structure is done by pressure of the stones one on the other. Devin has so mastered the technique that he is one of the few in the world able to build real spheres of incredible solidity.
One from Germany
Deze bollen van natuursteen zijn gemaakt zonder cement
They even called me a “Stenen Poeet”–with umlauts. Thank you so much for the umlauts Germany!
Google translate again:
After working 10 years as a bricklayer and tuinaanlegger American Devin Devine began his own company in 2007. He hoped that if he could share in his own time that he would have more time for making art. Instead, he made art his work. He began to study the prehistoric method of dry stacking stone. Here structures are built without cement in calculating way to lay the stones so that they are balanced by their own weight. He can even make huge spheres with beautiful wavy patterns without it falling apart.
Devine began his experiments because he wanted to create inspiring gardens that radiated harmony with nature. He also has almost all the stones from the local area. His spherical display images with wavy pattern and stones in various shades a sense of calm and fit beautifully into their natural environment.
Devine also has a fitting name for his profession: his first name is actually Peter, which means ‘stone’ means and his middle name and surname, and Devin Devine, both mean ‘poet’. So he makes poetry of stones.
Bulbs and benches.Making the dumplings, according to Devine a nice challenge. Especially halfway there spoke of collapse and it is therefore important to get just right the flow. There is therefore quite a few calculations beforehand to his work. Besides these beautiful bulbs there are other garden projects in which he makes use of dry stacking, such as benches, patios, walls and vases.
And one from Indonesia: Veri Art
Earth art, also referred to as Land art or Earthworks, is largely an American movement that uses the natural landscape to create site-specific structures, art forms, and sculptures. The movement was an outgrowth of Conceptualism and Minimalism: the beginnings of the environmental movement and the rampant commoditization of American art in the late 1960s influenced ideas and works that were, to varying degrees, divorced from the art market.
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