by Devin | Apr 26, 2023 | flagstone how-to articles, other how-to articles
Devin Devine, stone masonry consultant devin@devineescapes.com Here’s a funny/odd example of the sorts of masonry consultation work I do. Obviously, there’s other contractors out there who are great guys–but doing masonry consultation work, I often...
by Devin | Feb 27, 2023 | other how-to articles, Permaculture, poetry and other art
Devin Devine, natural material artist based out of Pennsylvania devin@devineescapes.com An earlier version of this article was posted on my poetry website, devindevine.net Re-posting it here now, because I’ve been developing another natural paint...
by Devin | Oct 31, 2022 | other how-to articles
Hello everybody, I’m Devin Devine and welcome to another edition of Stone Art Chronicles, the adventure continues. Today we’re going to talk about stone saws. Q: should a dry stone mason be allowed to use modern power tools? Oh, you need to ask better...
by Devin | Jun 16, 2022 | other how-to articles, Permaculture
Devin Devine, human being who does stuff outside Canvas tarps, for landscaping and contracting purposes For landscapers and contractors, sure. How many tarps does the average contractor go through a year? How many little blue threads of tarp plastic do I find, pretty...
by Devin | Mar 5, 2022 | other how-to articles
Hello everybody, welcome to the Devine Escapes Stone Arts Academy. My name is Devin Devine, and today I wanted to talk to you about a little known method for splitting stones. This is a technique I’ve been developing over the past few years, using small masonry...
by Devin | Feb 11, 2022 | other how-to articles
building a heat tent How to do stone work in the winter time. One common method is to set up scaffolding as the frame for your heat tent, and then drape a large sheet of plastic over it. This method works well and is pretty fast to set up and furthermore it is...