Revelstoke artist creates body-positive ceramics

By Elouise Paabo

This story first appeared in the March 2021issue of the Revelstoke Mountaineer magazine. Read the e-edition here:

Local girl Sherry Cheriton works at Revelstoke’s Village Idiot, however, her passion and talent lays in working with ceramics from her self-made studio here in Revelstoke. Sherry creates beautiful pieces that push the boundaries of traditional homewares. She is known for her “Ladies” collection which features women’s bodies in all shapes and sizes as the perfect mug for drinking a morning coffee or beverage of choice. Sherry aims to depict real bodies through her curvy ladies. “I get comments to make the boobs closer together or to make them skinny, but then they wouldn’t feel real.” The message of female empowerment and body positivity is beaming through every creation.

Sherry was born into a family of creatives and when she found two mentors in Canmore who taught her everything about ceramics, her passion for the art sky-rocketed. After moving to Revelstoke in 2017 and finding all the tools and materials she needed to create ceramics herself, she says she is self-taught and is still learning every day. “You have to break a few things, otherwise, you’ll never learn,” she says.

Artist Sherry Cheriton’s unique body-positive mugs include her Mushie Ladies
series, which feature curvy body shapes, some covered in mushrooms.

Sherry finds inspiration in the wilderness around Revelstoke, as seen in her recent collection of “Mushie Ladies,” which features curvy women covered in colorful mushrooms that can all be foraged in the local area. She also incorporates her fascination with crystals, space, and the ever-changing seasons of B.C into her unique designs. Each piece is truly one of kind and cannot be replicated, capturing the beautiful individuality of a woman’s body.

Sherry has sold her Ladies at festivals such as Shambhala and hopes to work with market stalls in the summer and potentially teach a local ceramics class in the fall.

You can find her body-positive ladies on Instagram at @sheramic or online at sheramic.myshopify.com or email her at  [email protected]