Born in 1976 and a proud member of the Rabbit/Tobacco Clan, Garrett Maho carries forward a living ceramic tradition rooted in the high desert of Arizona. He came to pottery in 1996 through the hands of his grandmother, Marilyn Mahle, and his aunt, Gloria Mahle — learning not just technique, but the deeper responsibility of the form.

Garrett works within the full arc of traditional Hopi-Tewa process: mineral-based pigments applied with yucca strips and softened wood fibers, and open-air firing that leaves each vessel marked by its own fire clouds — the unpredictable signatures of flame and earth that no two pieces share. Within that framework, his designs push forward, blending ancestral imagery with a compositional sensibility that is distinctly his own.

His work has earned recognition at some of the most prestigious Native art markets in the country, including multiple awards at Santa Fe Indian Market and the Heard Museum Indian Fair & Market

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