Employing techniques such as entwining wire netting used for pest control around clay before firing, she has produced ceramic works that explore the sense of traversing between nature, manmade objects, and her own body, using that sensation as a starting point to address the distance and relationships between them. Saito's artistic practice is underpinned by extensive field work that is carried out not only within Japan but also overseas. Inspired by her cultural anthropological interest in sacred sites such as the vast forests of Yakushima, the stone circles of the British Isles, and Balinese religious rituals, in recent years she has expanded the scope of her artistic expression, with the glaze effects and forms of the works taking on organic characteristics.