The Stone Art Chronicles
featuring the ongoing adventures of Devin Devinefield stone walls and dry stone steps in Honesdale Pennsylvania
Devine Escapes, hardscaping contractor, Effort PA Phone: 610.301.4269 email: devin@devineescapes.com field stone Honesdale PA We discussed options--completely tare-out and re-build new, or just spend a couple days fixing it up. We went with a middle path:...
New Garden Sculpture, Stacked Stone Sphere at Brookside Gardens
Devin Devine, stone sculptor based out of Pennsylvania, projects across the USA to commission art contact devin@devineescapes.com New Garden Sphere--and Frequently Asked Questions! Silver Spring Maryland Sculpture completed September 26th of 2017 Newly finished Garden...
how to make natural flagstone look…natural
Devin Devine, traveling stone mason Natural flagstones should be well fit. This takes a bit of work. Often you have to cut the stones, with hammer and chisel. Or with a diamond blade. Or some combination method. In this article, I will try and explain a few rules, or...
Replacing the cement between flagstones
Devin Devine, stone masonry contractor and consultant. Projects completed across the USA devin@devineescapes.com I took some photos during a recent flagstone repair job, and thought I'd put together a tutorial on how to repair flagstone, part of my continuing DIY...
building another dry stone sphere garden sculpture
UPDATE check out my most recent sphere, December 2022: HERE State College Pennsylvania, April the 23rd My last "building a dry stone sphere" post was fun to write, and popular too. So I thought I'd write another one--just for you! The present article shall...
How to clean dry laid flagstone
Flagstone Maintenance and How to clean dry laid flagstone How to clean an older, dry laid flagstone patio and then how-to replace the material between the stones This question comes up sometimes: people ask me, "how do I clean my flagstone, without removing the stuff...