Michaela Peters is a German-born multimedia textile artist whose practice bridges traditional craft and material investigation. Raised near Munich within her family’s hand-weaving studio, she grew up working with upcycled textiles that were cut, braided, and rewoven into rugs. She trained through the German guild system, completing an apprenticeship in weaving and receiving an award for outstanding craftsmanship. After working in a historic Jacquard weaving studio in the Bavarian Alps, she earned her Master Craftsman degree before moving to the United States. She received an MFA in Textiles from California College of the Arts in 1996, where she was awarded the Murphy/Cadogan Fine Arts Fellowship. Her current work centers on natural dye processes and botanical printing, particularly the reaction between iron sulfate and tannic acid. Memory plays a central role in her practice, with works emerging from significant moments that carry emotional and psychological weight. Her “memorial cloths” hold traces of time, place, and memory. Through dyeing, layering, and stitching, she creates works that function as acts of preservation, resistance, and repair.