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Jun 7 06: project corner
It’s the age-old vacation dilemma: summer is here, but somebody’s drained the pool and the ocean has a toxic jellyfish alert and the dog ate your book. What to do? Is there still fun to be had? Yes! Yes, I say! I have been trawling the internet, and I can say that the answer is Yes! If fun is what you seek, then you should make a shiny mud ball!
No, really. A shiny mud ball! Via the often lovely, frequently fascinating Pure Land Mountain, I bring you the latest in craft-time delight. The shiny mud ball, or dorodango, is, um, a ball of mud. That is shiny. And by shiny I mean highly polished, resembling a mineral sphere that The Nature Company would charge big bucks for; this ain’t no ordinary dirt clod. For analysis of the dorodango’s cultural significance, and its use in child-development studies, see this article at Web Japan; but for the definitive how-to, consult the experts.
It seems unlikely to replace the knitting on my list of leisure-time crafts, but if the opportunity strikes this summer I may give it a whirl. If so, I’ll report back.