How Do You Make A Shiny Dorodango Mud Ball?
The art of dorodango — making highly polished, very shiny handmade spheres out of nothing but mud — is sweeping Japan, and beginning to attract attention in the US. Doro-dango is a Japanese craft, and is the simplest form of pottery imaginable, using only mud as an ingredient, and one’s hands as a shaping tool. A finished dorodango looks like an oversized earthy marble, and it’s hard to believe it’s nothing more than mud. It can be finished to a high shine that looks like a sophisticated pottery glaze. Dorodango is more than just a craft. In true Japanese fashion, it is a means of focusing and integrating mind, body and spirit, incorporating elements of Zen and resembling spiritual exercises like yoga and meditation. Doro-dango has captivated both adults and schoolchildren, and now you can learn about it too, along with the ‘How to’ technique for making your first shiny mud ball. Read about the Japanese craft of dorodango (sometimes known as doro-dango, hikaru dorodango, or ‘shining
