Pip Devonshire
Pip Devonshire (born 1966) is a New Zealand weaver, curator and weaving tutor. Part of the iwi (tribes) of Ngāti Te Au, Ngāti Manomano and Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Devonshire descends from several notable weavers. She began weaving in the 1980s and graduated from Te Wānanga o Raukawa with a bachelor's degree of design in art in 2000. After graduation she lectured there for two decades. Her works have been exhibited in various New Zealand institutions and galleries, including in the national museum Te Papa. She has also curated various exhibitions and works as a curator at the Mahara Gallery in Waikanae. Biography Devonshire was born in 1966. She is part of the iwi of Ngāti Te Au, Ngāti Manomano and Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga. Her grandmother Rangimahora Reihana-Mete and great-grandmother Ranginui Parewahawaha Leonard were also weavers. She learned to weave ''kete whiri'' (woven baskets) at Paranui Marae, Himatangi, in the 1980s, and credits her grandmother for inspirin ...
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