Silke Raetze was born in Germany in 1975, and moved to Australia as a child in 1979. She completed a Bachelor of Art at the National Art School, Sydney in 2005,
majoring in painting, however her practice evolved to encompasses a variety of materials and techniques including text-based cross-stitch embroidery.
Raetze began to work with cross-stitch works really began when she was single and living alone, after being divorced. Some of the works make reference to her
experience of the online dating world and its trials and tribulations. She has a fascination with the traditional sampler and how they reinforce a sense of domestic
bliss and traditional values. Raetze also had a love of German folk art, which influences her depiction of figures.
- Writers:
- Belinda von Mengersen
- Date written:
- 2015
- Last updated:
- 2015
