Garrett Maho was born into the Rabbit/Tobacco Clan in 1976. He learned to make pottery the traditional way, watching his grandmother, Marilyn Mahle, as she made pottery. Later in life he took advantage of opportunities to work with Jacob Koopee.

Garrett likes making the traditional shapes he learned growing up but he also likes to incorporate neoclassical designs on his pieces. He says he finds his designs among the ancient Hopi ruins and among the designs his grandmother collected in her notebook, which has been passed down in the family.

Since selling his first pot in 1996, Garrett has gone on to win numerous ribbons, including the Helen Naha Memorial Award for Excellence in Traditional Pottery at the Santa Fe Indian Market, First, Second and Third Places at the Heard Museum and Best of Show 2016 at the Museum of Northern Arizona. Then he returned to the Heard Museum in the spring of 2018 and won the Best of All Pottery ribbon. In 2023, Garrett won the Mark Tahbo Memorial Award at Santa Fe Indian Market. He also won the First and Second Place ribbons for Pottery II, Category 601: Painted polychrome pottery in the style of Hopi, any form.

Update August 2024: At Santa Fe Indian Market this year, in Pottery Division B: Traditional Painted Pottery, Garrett won the Best of Division ribbon. Garrett was also awarded the Mark Tahbo Memorial Award. With his desire to push the boundaries of Hopi pottery, Garrett also won the Pottery, Classification IIA, Category 506 - Boundary First Place, Second Place and Honorable Mention ribbons.