Devin Devine, bench maker and land artist

Phone: 610.301.4269            email: devin@devineescapes.com

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Stone Memorial Bench

I recently had the opportunity to create a Stone Memorial Bench at a public park in Chester County. Burgess Park, in Glenmoore, alongside the Brandywine Creek.

Engraving. A likeness of Corey’s signature and the logo of A Gift From Corey. A gift from Corey honors the life of Corey Besack working with martin guitars to donate a guitar to worthy individuals or organizations. As I understand it, Martin is currently developing a guitar special for this project.

Stone Memorial Bench, upright boulders, notched, with blue stone seating platform

Brandywine creek, just down river from the memorial bench, at Burgess Park in Glenmoore. Photo taken the Stone Memorial Bench was completed

Thank you, Guardians of the Brandywine. Thank you to Corey’s family for allowing me to create this memorial.

Two stone planters are included as part of the memorial. These two planters are both small sandstone boulders, with an eight inch diameter hole drilled in each, making them into flower pots. The holes are drilled all the way through the stone. As such, whatever is planted within these boulders will likely one day root itself down into the earth.

I’ve had this idea for a simple stone planter for some time now. Mainly, the notion comes to me when someone asks me about my stacked stone vases. As part of this memorial, these simple planters fit in well as they retain their natural shape, the only alteration of the stone being the hole drilled through. This is like the bench itself, in which the upright boulders have maintained their original shape and character, the only significant change being the notches cut into their sides, to allow for the setting of the seating platform.

Thank you