Shelby Sherritt is an

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ceramics artist and

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from

Ballarat Ballarat ( ) () is a city in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Ballarat had a population of 111,973, making it the third-largest urban inland city in Australia and the third-largest city in Victoria. Within mo ...

Early life and education

Sherritt was raised in Ballarat. Growing up, she enjoyed art as a hobby. She attended

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. As a student she was involved with Aussie Action Abroad and

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Bandanna Day. Sherritt attended

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Art career

Sherritt was diagnosed with a rare form of appendiceal and bowel cancer in 2016, when she was 20. She began working on pottery while undergoing treatment, and went into remission later that year. Her pottery focuses on flora and fauna motifs inspired by the Australian bush, and she has donated to the

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. In April 2020 Sherritt made pottery her full-time job, leaving her job as a social worker. Her business grew during the

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. In late 2021 she began selling DIY paint-your-own-pottery kits.

Online presence

Sherritt began posting videos to TikTok in 2022, where she gained traction for her series on mystery slip-cast molds which she got for free on

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. By March 2021 she had accumulated 620,000 followers; by October, this had increased to 1.4 million.

Awards

* 2019: Ballarat Youth Awards, Young Influential Artist

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sherritt, Shelby 1990s births Living people Year of birth uncertain 21st-century Australian artists 21st-century Australian women artists 21st-century ceramists Australian ceramicists Australian TikTokers Artists from Ballarat University of Sydney alumni