Kayo Hashizume is a ceramic artist whose work is rooted in elemental themes such as earth and roots — as seen in her exhibition "Yame no Ne" (Roots of Yame), dedicated to Yame in Fukuoka Prefecture. She centers her practice on vessels that accompany everyday tea culture, including lidless teapots and chahai (tea pitchers), and incorporates inventive functional details such as a built-in strainer formed by perforating the body of the pot. Tea and clay lie at the very heart of her work, and she continues to create pieces that breathe quietly within the rhythms of daily life.