Mahatta Price

Mahatta Price grew up in the Comox Valley and is a member of K’ómoks First Nation. She first had the opportunity to weave a basket and cedar hat under the mentorship of Toni Frank. After a few years of weaving, Price began apprenticing under Pamela Mitchell. With Mitchell’s guidance, she learned to weave a wool and cedar cape, which took her months to complete. 

Even at a young age Price has already worked with cedar bark for more than half her life. Her interest started when she was young, and her mom took her and her twin sister to a workshop on making cedar bracelets and headbands. 

Since then, weaving has become a part of Price’s life. “I’ve always been artsy,” she says. From a young age, she loved to draw and paint; weaving became another way to express herself artistically. Now, she studies Metal Jewellery Design at North Island College on weekdays, and spends time most weekends weaving hats, headbands, baskets, mats, earrings, hearts, and roses from cedar