I must have missed that episode… Doesn’t seem to be right for that show, though… I believe the phrase is “You can’t polish a turd and call it art,” and not claiming it’s not possible… Just that it’s pointless. In the Music Recording world, we say “If a dog shit behind a bush, it doesn’t matter how pretty the bush is. You’ll still smell shit.”
I guess I need to go watch that episode, either way… haha
Did they ever "catch two birds with one stone" and "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush". It stands to reason that each stone in hand is directly equivalent to four bushed birds.
Just watched some YouTube videos on it and gave it a try
The soil in my backyard contains a mixture of sand & clay so the blend worked out well. Most of the videos I watched required each to get a proper consistency. Took about 4 hrs or so!
How fragile is it actually? I’ve never handled a Dorodango before and visually it looks like it has some good structure, but I’d imagine it could chip relatively easily?
I made one once after the mythbusters did an episode with them and they are delicate but nit that fragile. You make them with some effort so while I wouldn’t drop it and expect it to survive it is something you can pick up and show off to people with low risk
I also wanted them to get a bigger crane! I loved that episode so much!! The deserted island episode was great, too. Honestly I love almost everything they did and miss the show so much! I’ve probably seen every episode at least a few times by now.
The clay 2 inches under the remnants of top soil on my scrapped lot has the consistency of bar soap. I could be a millionaire if these things were a commodity
Nice, are they completely dry? I just went down a really hole reading about this. Sounds like it's one of those activities that is much more about the careful process than the result, like building models and such.
yah sorry, i was feeling very snide in the moment and in retrospect that was weird and unnecessary. these dirt balls are neat and there’s nothing wrong with making them and showing them off.
Meditation isn't about praying to imaginary friends. It's genuinely a useful practice for anyone. Speaking as someone who's read scientific articles about it.
If you squeezed hard enough I'm sure it would crumble, but it wouldn't fall apart with light handling. I wouldn't go about using it as a pool ball, but just picking it up and moving it from place to place or holding it would probably be fine.
Would probably depend on the exact mix of dirt/clay though.
I just realized this could be an excellent way to make keepsakes from camping trips or hikes. Keep a few handfuls of dirt when digging out the fire pit, and a fun thing to do with your hands while laying back and watching the fire.
you want really fine soil with good clay content and you get it wet, smush more mass on, polish it heavily, add more water and mud, polish heavily, again and again and again till you get a shiny outside, and the entire ball is compressed enough to bind together with the sticky clay as it dries. if you drop them they immediately break and the inside is flat and dirty, they're neat
doradango noriko is the best for showing techniques and reiterating the effort involved (providing times for each step) (youll want like 4 hrs over 2 days).
her main downfall is not showing any hints as to sourcing and processing your own dirt. andy wards ancient pottery channel is a great source for foraging and refining info.
i posted my most recent one elsewhere in the thread. theyre a lot of fun
nice work OP! dorodango are super fun and affordable to get into, and yours looks a lot better than i was able to get on my first couple attempts. this was my most recent from this summer, probably my fifth or sixth
anyone interested in attempting should follow Noriko's guide, but you can source the dirt naturally. this is clay and sand from the shores of lake Superior 💙
I didn't know this was actually a thing. I only knew about the concept from the Inheritance Cycle books. Makes sense because Paolini is a weeb (it's just a joke don't @ me) and used a Japanese sword forging book to describe the forging of Eragon's sword.
i dont know about pottery in general, but at the end of the process its a very dense, dry ball. if it was wet even a little it would explode in the oven. you do add an aggragate (4-1 clay and sand) just like you would in regular pottery, for just the core, with a pure clay surface for max smoothness
I didn't know this was actually a thing. I only knew about the concept from the Inheritance Cycle books. Makes sense because Paolini is a weeb (it's just a joke don't @ me) and used a Japanese sword forging book to describe the forging of Eragon's sword.
I had a brain fart when I was like “oh that’s why the guy from Zelda is called that,because he’s a dirt guy who turns into a ball” but then i realized I got the Gordon’s and the Dodango mixed up
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Nice work OP!