Meet Valentina Devine Participating In 2014 Los Alamos Artists Studio Tour

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 7, 2014
- 7:28 pm

Shell by Valentina Devine. Courtesy photo

ART News:

This year’s Los Alamos Artists Studio Tour is Oct. 11-12 and the Los Alamos Daily Post is featuring a “Get to Know Your Artist” series leading up to the annual event.

Each of the 16 artists participating in the tour will be showcased prior to the beginning of the tour to allow our readers an opportunity to learn about them and their work.

Meet Los Alamos artist Valentina Devine:

I have always knitted! Born in Russia and growing up in Germany, I can remember knitting all sorts of things from doll clothes to small garments for myself.

In the early 1980s, I became a life-time member of the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, Va. There I exhibited knitted one-of-a-kind garments and wall hangings. For the Folger Theater I knitted costumes for Macbeth. At the same time, I started teaching a technique “Creative Knitting” and I continue to the present day. I have also knitted two major costumes for the road show of “CATS”; Deuteronomy and Gus, The Theater Cat. Some of my knitted garments have been chosen for the movie industry.

I now enjoy designing for different publications. I have been a contributor to many knitting books and publications. As time went on I have added to the courses I teach. I now teach six different techniques. I show my art-to-wear garments in different boutiques throughout the United States. I can not imagine not knitting and I hope to continue to inspire many more knitters here and abroad.

Learn more about the Los Alamos Artists Studio Tour here.