Carrie Reichardt is a self-titled ‘craftivist’ from London. Her work blurs the boundaries between craft and activism, using the techniques of muralism, mosaic and screen-printing to create intricate, highly-politicised works of art. She has been involved in community and public art projects for over 15 years.
'Everyday Heroes' shows local female hero’s, many of whom have been resigned to the history books but helped make great advancements in the fields of science and medicine. Modern icons also shown including singer Emlie Sandie, Annie Lennox who sports a HIV support t shirt, highly controversial at the time and Molly Forbes who refused to sell her land to Donald Trump despite his best efforts to bully her off the farm. The pieces mix traditional craft elements and techniques but with a hard punk / political edge both in their content and execution. Carrie worked with a team of friends and local helpers including Shelagh Swanson to install the two pieces and a collaborative piece with Amnesty International on Adelphi Lane.
Some of her work uses witty messages of dissent with classical motifs while others are used to create big scale images and art works. A hardy material to work with and Carrie is a hard worker. Everyday heroes celebrates Aberdonians as selected by kids working with SHMU FM (a local radio station).
In 2018, Carrie also created another large ceramic piece/mural on St Nicholas Lane 'Gallus Quines & Deeds Not Words', informed by her research in the Aberdeen and shire archive. One of Carrie's pieces shows witch iconography along with the names of witches held in the basement of St Nicholas kirk in the 15th century.
