Kensington Market has long been defined by movement and making: waves of immigrants, artists, and independent shopkeepers have built a place where an array of cultures meet and celebrate one another — a place alive with exploration and discovery.

From the site where this wild clay was uncovered, a brewery and the well known community staple, St. Andrew Poultry once stood. Nearly two centuries later, as new foundations are dug for development, the raw clay has resurfaced — stirring questions about what came before, what remains, and what the future holds for this ever-changing neighbourhood.

The works in ‘Unearthed and (Re)formed’ are made from the urban earth, discovered just before it was built over. Each piece has been reformed, refined, hand-shaped, and fired — embodying the tensions of Kensington itself: change and continuity, pressure and possibility.

‘Unearthed and (Re)formed’ invites you to look beneath the surface — to see not only the soil, but the stories it holds. A tribute to a place in flux, shaped by history, pressure, and human hands.

Jennifer Yang, Kate Pitfield, Si Hoang, Vaneh Keshishian