SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – Gallery at the Vault is happy to offer a new, fun dot mandala workshop with Antje Ruppert on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 2-4 p.m. Participants will use special dotting tools to create their mandalas. Ruppert will introduce the tools and their applications, and will provide practice sheets and a series of patterns to try out for the perfect dot placement, namely a sort of half-round, almost bead-like dot, to create a 3D feel.
Participants will be provided with an 8 by 8 inch sheet of heavy card stock in a variety of colors on which the center is already premarked for the placement of the first dot, and a strip of six small paint pots, and can choose from a variety of acrylic paints. This is a very meditative and calming creative experience and absolutely beginner friendly. Paint pots may be taken home and used to make more creations. Ruppert will also explain how tools can be fabricated from things you have at home (e.g., toothpicks, cotton swabs, dowels, pencils with erasers, etc.).
The cost of the class is discounted for gallery members. Register by Wednesday,
Oct. 14.
Gallery at the Vault is located at 68 Main Street in Springfield, and is open Wednesday-Saturday, from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 802-885-7111, email galleryvault@vermontel.net, or visit www.galleryvault.org, Facebook, or Instagram. Gallery at the Vault is accessible.