Tomi Kanehara is a Japanese ceramicist who creates vessels from a Japanese clay body and ash glaze produced from locally harvested wood. Each one is wheel thrown gracefully thin, and finished lightly with a delicate striped pattern and muted colors. The chemical composition of the clay and glaze is unique to a region near Kyoto.

At an early age Tomi worked at the Industrial Research Institute of glaze testing then continued on to study Shigaraki for 7 years. Tomi Kanehara fires his pottery in kilns that he designed and built himself.