About the artist:

Cyndie Rauls is a sculptor based in the Driftless Region of Wisconsin, where her practice explores the delicate tension between what is found and what is lost. Utilizing a palette of vintage textiles and collected objects, she creates abstract meditations on the emotional resonance of material history. Her work seeks to preserve the "journey" of the medium, elevating discarded fragments into permanent testaments of existence.

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In her current series, “1972,” Rauls presents a tactile autobiography of a 1970s childhood. By meticulously integrating well-worn clothing, toys, and era-specific ephemera, she constructs tangible narratives that navigate the complexities of beauty, heartbreak, and resilience. Every bead and found element serves as a waypoint in a timeline of memory… transforming material relics into multifaceted sculptures that hold the weight of a lived story.