Turning Mud into Art with Barbara Hannah Grufferman

Turning Mud into Art with Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Dorodango

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Join Barbara Hannah Grufferman as she discovers the Japanese art known as Hikaru Dorodango - literally the art of polishing mudballs - with artist Bruce Gardner. For Bruce, Hikaru Dorodango is a meditative way to unwind after a stressful day and create a beautiful piece of art. Learn how to get started making your own shiny dirt balls!
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@AARP 6 жыл бұрын

Barbara just released a new book! You can learn about it here: www.aarp.org/LoveYourAge

@yedari1646 4 жыл бұрын

wow cool ball so solead

@roseg6703 4 жыл бұрын

I knew there was a reason I've been collecting and hoarding dirt in different colors from around New Mexico. Now it's time to make some shiny dumplings.

@mayhapsmoo 4 жыл бұрын

Color code them!

@aidenduong621 3 жыл бұрын

@@mayhapsmoo that would look cool

@deslow7411 2 ай бұрын

Did you ever make them?

@anitaho3559 6 жыл бұрын

I just realized that they look like maltesers

@Joxcie 6 жыл бұрын

Anita Ho Yum T_T

@ishaanpratap6262 5 жыл бұрын

It look like elephant shit

@Layer03cyberia 3 жыл бұрын

Ikr put them both in jail

@dalagambukid 6 жыл бұрын

We used to do this as a form of play during the 90's when we were children.I remember if there were cracks on the surface we would just spit on it and then smoothed it out. This is kinda nostalgic.

@kylenesseth5907 6 жыл бұрын

Wow they are in New Mexico, now I know I can get dirt from my backyard and make art

@Doctors_TARDIS 6 жыл бұрын

That smell is called Petrichor.

@elvispretzel2023 6 жыл бұрын

no petrichor is the smell of fresh earth after it rains

@Doctors_TARDIS 6 жыл бұрын

That's literally what she said. "It's that wonderful smell of wet earth after a wonderful rainstorm"

@elvispretzel2023 6 жыл бұрын

The_Doctors_Tardis ah i didnt catch that i thought she just said it smells like dirt lol

@paopaothemaocow 2 жыл бұрын

after 3 years, how are you guys doing?

@fishbarbeque8540 16 күн бұрын

@@paopaothemaocow After 2 years how are you? we care about you too!!!!!

@mack7296 6 жыл бұрын

Who else came here from BuzzFeed?

@clinxeo5702 6 жыл бұрын

Blithe ;3 may

@cowqult 6 жыл бұрын

@AARP 6 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, we did too 😳

@Itsluisss 6 жыл бұрын

@CharlieTheAwsomeGamer 6 жыл бұрын

Blithe ;3 yep

@mandynotmandigames4141 6 жыл бұрын

*its that wonderful smell of wet earth after a wonderful rain storm*

@Wipsnipidy 4 жыл бұрын

It's only half finished though...

@account-fl1xo 5 жыл бұрын

Oh! This reminds me of the old days playing in the sandpit, and after using wet sand to make a mountain, you add dry sand on top and it gets all sturdy and nice.

@VengD 6 жыл бұрын

Wants to make a mud ball... Makes a scene out of having to dig dirt... This was hard to watch.

@khadijahcollie5940 6 жыл бұрын

And my Mom told me playing in dirt can't be a hobby

@emileeeeeee 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@robford3211 Жыл бұрын

@ khadijah collie : dirt is definitely not a hobby it is life itself . We come from the earth and go back to the earth. Every other technological toy is jus a bad delusion

@mygooglename7275 6 жыл бұрын

After watching this i was craving milk chocolate balls

@shardaebrianna4324 6 жыл бұрын

ive been waiting for this vidio for 3 years

@ethannkyle9858 6 жыл бұрын

Wait what?

@ethannkyle9858 6 жыл бұрын

I'm so confused. First of all how did you know it was coming, and second a video about dirt balls, it's about dirt balls.

@shardaebrianna4324 6 жыл бұрын

Ethann Kyle i didnt but i watched the last one like 2 or 3 years ago and ive always wanted to know more on how there made i think there beautifull that u could do this to dirt

@ethannkyle9858 6 жыл бұрын

shardae greenwood oh ok. I understand

@KidAfro29 5 жыл бұрын

I feel you they used to have just low quality videos of people making them not really explaining . This honestly didnt really help me out that much either tho 😂 like does the first have to have a little bit of clay in it ? How do you get it super shiny ??? Does it matter what dirt you use ?? ECT

@laurawalsh1635 3 жыл бұрын

I create in a much different way. I start with very fine dirt then smooth with glass. It’s very zen regardless.

@quispin0189 6 жыл бұрын

For me it worked perfect he gave a really excellent explanation

@rossovg 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making all those cartoons in the 60s.

@gman3218 3 ай бұрын

She was beside herself when he handed her the shovel. 😆

@Tinker_man Ай бұрын

Haha gender equality seems to stop at shovels...

@deano2506 3 жыл бұрын

Tried so many times to make a Dorodango but has never worked, this is a skill I'll never learn.

@lilyanderson7853 6 жыл бұрын

New Mexico has clay and sand. It is really good to make a dorodango

@samsloan4110 6 жыл бұрын

Lilli Anderson Your face is a dorodango

@singhabiru7976 4 жыл бұрын

My ball feels sandy, do I need to find a more fine clay?

@riverlife5803 6 жыл бұрын

cool video!!! thanks Barbara!!!

@sergeybebenin 4 жыл бұрын

It's much easier to use a pipe opening or a bottle to shape them. And they come out nearly perfect spheres

@ithyphal 8 күн бұрын

Now I want to make one of these too :)

@reliea 6 жыл бұрын

Ohh hey, that's a lot of dirt on your table.

@seancamping7277 5 жыл бұрын

I work at a software company and it’s very stressful I’m a knitter😶

@thadg.7027 4 жыл бұрын

Same I love knitting

@clod8 4 жыл бұрын

Mister Snow 😶

@devinm.2398 4 жыл бұрын

Mister Snow 😶

@psyche6917 6 жыл бұрын

Holy crap imagine an earthquake in that place

@fizzaqasim9835 4 жыл бұрын

How cool

@tori.z 6 жыл бұрын

Unintentional asmr

@camilotorrez6823 4 жыл бұрын

Hey I live in Albuquerque and legit made one of them and looked it up.

@RollinLeonard 6 жыл бұрын

AARP youtube is fucking lit

@AARP 6 жыл бұрын

We try

@RollinLeonard 6 жыл бұрын

Just discovered your "Badass Pilot" series. Good stuff!

@Katzenschatzlein Ай бұрын

The smell of earth after rain is called Petrichor--Coined by scientists Isabel Joy Bear and Richard Thomas in their 1964 article "Nature of Argillaceous Odour", published in the journal Nature.

@ambylam 6 жыл бұрын

oh dang i live in the Albuquerque foothills. I should go make some dorodangos!

@HunnyBee23 4 жыл бұрын

Did you try it?? How did it come out??

@ianhu7099 2 ай бұрын

nice.

@sandrinakeffufal6008 10 күн бұрын

This man has obviously never made a cake in his life 🤣🤣🤣

@ashtoninternet5624 6 жыл бұрын

I was making these when I was 8 at my neighbors lake.. now I gotta take it to the final step ten years later and polish it

@hottubjim9590 Ай бұрын

i make these to help myself stay sober

@mimi-tz9re 6 жыл бұрын

just wanted to say Hikaru dorodango means shiny dirt dumpling (it's not really a dumpling but that's the best translation haha) if it was just shiny dumpling it would literally just be a shiny dumpling that's not made of dirt :)

@impulsivecrafting 6 жыл бұрын

So.. what do you do with them afterwards?

@mrmensje1 6 жыл бұрын

Wild Bee wait till it dries and polish it!

@impulsivecrafting 6 жыл бұрын

Menno Barten no.. What do you DO with them? Display them? Throw them away? Sell them?

@mrmensje1 6 жыл бұрын

Wild Bee probably what you just said..

@al5ayyal911 6 жыл бұрын

Hang it & u will have a third ball

@mesmer3780 6 жыл бұрын

Depends. If it has sentimental meaning to you, like it's the soil from your childhood home or whatever, you can put it on a pedestal and display it. If it's just for fun.... chuck it at the dog? :/

@ktprojects2077 6 жыл бұрын

What makes it shiny

@Notknown00 5 жыл бұрын

2:17 so *only a liddle bid of woder?*

@Notknown00 5 жыл бұрын

So, only a little bit of water?

@elizabeth-kr3fo 5 жыл бұрын

Came from buzzfeed I think I'll make one

@nobodyuknow6337 5 жыл бұрын

Would somebody please tell me, how easily do these things break? I thought, something like this would be a uniques Christmas and Birthday present for some people. I just don't want to make it just to break it while I wrap it.🎁

@dharmapunk777 4 жыл бұрын

Try and see :P

@hunthse Ай бұрын

Why was her shiny dumpling not shiny like the others?

@brucewayne5724 11 күн бұрын

3:26 Hubba hubba.

@jacobthueson32 6 жыл бұрын

i need to comment, there are only nineteen. BTW can you release full instructions?

@yunhin9631 5 жыл бұрын

I have no idea this was a trend ,i just like to make shinny smooth balls with clay soil

@brucewayne5724 11 күн бұрын

2:33 lol, she's trying.

@joeycroutons6643 5 жыл бұрын

Ayy. New Mexico

@HunnyBee23 4 жыл бұрын

🤣

@AsBeanOnTV 6 жыл бұрын

Anyone else remember this from the inheritance cycle? I had no idea this was a real thing!

@darkantidote 24 күн бұрын

That poor diamond ring XD

@SirLancelotized 2 жыл бұрын

2:37 Petrichor

@joshuafrank1246 5 жыл бұрын

How’d he make the bumpy ones

@JerBear0328 8 ай бұрын

5 years late, but you get that texture by rolling the core on a wire screen before it is fully dry, and before the polishing step

@gavinburnes6344 6 жыл бұрын

But how do u polish it ?

@kalimer0968 6 жыл бұрын

I'm still looking for a good video of the whole process. The best explanation I have seen so far is on here: www.kyokyo-u.ac.jp/youkyou/4/english4.htm --> uh...some japanese professor I think? Fumio Kayo is the guy's name. You can also reach that same site via Bruce Gardner's hompage, where he has his own explanations: dorodango.com That first site has time estimates for the drying and some videos of different stages. I've tried it a few times, but so far, my results have been pretty underwhelming ( T __T) Uh! Also this youtube video: watch?v=I5p7PN4a7gg It's a japanese step-by-step for children. Mute it and just watch. It at least gave me a good idea what to look for.

@kalimer0968 6 жыл бұрын

Oh also also, to give you a more direct answer: You kinda don't. Not seperately at least. Pouring the dirt over it again and again, and brushing of the excess with your hands, is a bit like using really fine sandpaper, plus it fills out small gabs in the surface. So the making is the polishing.

@gavinburnes6344 6 жыл бұрын

Kalimer0 thanks

@kalimer0968 6 жыл бұрын

Gavin Burnes You're welcome!

@shardaebrianna4324 6 жыл бұрын

Gavin Burnes u get like shoe polish cloth and keep rubbing for a hour

@dotxr 6 жыл бұрын

I did it with cool-aid

@UserLhp 3 күн бұрын

The giant malteser....

@NeverEverNebula 4 жыл бұрын

And that kids, is how maltesers were made

@daleop8rdkecko67 2 жыл бұрын

Ferb I know what we are going to do today

@joaovitor1452 6 жыл бұрын

QUEM VEIO PELO MANUAL DO MUNDO??

@musicafilosofia498 5 жыл бұрын

Eu, mas o método dele é muito mais difícil.

@HunnyBee23 4 жыл бұрын

Ooof course they're in Albuquerque, NM. 😒 New Mexico is hippy central.

@tzuyuwu786 Жыл бұрын

This isn’t hippie….it’s Japanese

@kuuna. 6 жыл бұрын

Came from buzzfeed

@Traderjoe 5 жыл бұрын

They didn’t explain how they get shiny

@abso4360 5 жыл бұрын

ayee abq

@serialpruners 5 жыл бұрын

o m g

@serialpruners 5 жыл бұрын

a a r p

@bawiboi3268 4 жыл бұрын

Me and my friends did this in school and other kids start making nations. then we started to make one then one the nations called piggy island stole our rocks then we got mad, then we mix dirt and water until i drop it then it felt drythen the next day .... we threw it at them bonus: we made stuff out of it like a swan, ninja stars, and knives

@MarvinMakesArt 2 жыл бұрын

Thats a great memory

@briannasedlak4674 6 жыл бұрын

asmr🔊

@bingbing4332 6 жыл бұрын

If I tell myself it’s chocolate then it’s chocolate.

@aaravbhargava902 4 жыл бұрын

My ball breakes what to do

@JerBear0328 8 ай бұрын

Try using a bit of dry/dead grass or fine straw in your initial core

@flamingo3176 4 жыл бұрын

3:30 Asmr

@samsloan4110 6 жыл бұрын

I did the same thing with my excrement, it didn't work as well as dirt and my friend said it tasted horrible

@sylviajones4907 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@spiceyboogerspiceybooger6437 6 жыл бұрын

The look like Lindt chocolate candies

@alishaarif3309 6 жыл бұрын

who else is here cause of buzzfeed

@Mere1256 6 жыл бұрын

Alisha Arif me

@sabbathrain 5 жыл бұрын

Alisha Arif MEEEEE

@mimikyucutie6149 5 жыл бұрын

Yup

@see_rencio 6 жыл бұрын

buzzfeed brought me here...

@mj-sq7ii 6 жыл бұрын

Is this what old retired people do when they have nothing better to do?

@yorcs5255 6 жыл бұрын

Here because BuzzFeed!

@ericprochnow 6 жыл бұрын

I came here after watching the myth busters video on how to polish a turd... looks like same technique.

@plopplop5218 6 жыл бұрын

Giant whoppers

@gravitasonline6760 4 жыл бұрын

I love how confounded she was when she was handed the shovel... I'm surprised she knows how the thing works.

@ehabbitar9016 6 жыл бұрын

#Maltesers

@dark-qm2tn 4 жыл бұрын

Dirt is dusty

@Agrhonak 6 жыл бұрын

who knew that from the 4th book of eragon when orik made one of these?

@justinmiller5135 6 жыл бұрын

He would not help her with the bucket : (

@RackwitzG 22 күн бұрын

She forgot to take off her ring... lol

@charlottestephens4683 5 жыл бұрын

What do you wanna be when u grow up Jimmy, I want to be a chef how bout you Sam I want to make dirt balls :/

@sleepinggiant882 3 жыл бұрын

Why don't they put it in an oven?

@patricialorainetsekiri4789 6 жыл бұрын

i wanna bite one lol

@blue4980 6 жыл бұрын

Milk duds everywhere

@maco.2379 6 жыл бұрын

Buzzfeed is quaking

@katielemley5217 6 жыл бұрын

I cringe when they rub their hands in the dirt against the plastic container. It's like I can feel the sound 😲

@auroralawson9031 6 жыл бұрын

Samee

@-stormii-797 6 жыл бұрын

They look like chocolate

@jannhebrank5710 5 жыл бұрын

did not explain how to actually make them,,bah

@aidenduong621 3 жыл бұрын

What do you mean they didn't tell you how? Just follow along.

@Ram_naam1111 21 күн бұрын

Why can't the humans just leave the things as they are.....

@jaxchan9033 6 жыл бұрын

Y'all stole this from the dwarves of the eragon story

@voro_738 6 жыл бұрын

Yaay another inheritance fan

@artfan101 6 жыл бұрын

ok...they're both stoned right?

@Aadz2244 6 жыл бұрын

Heretic they're*

@artfan101 6 жыл бұрын

thank you

@peng2732 6 жыл бұрын

Old peopl um I rught

@aaerae 6 жыл бұрын

Came here from buzfeed XD

@ucc1481 4 жыл бұрын

doesn't detail tge real thing

@cristocrazy5820 4 жыл бұрын

I want to throw it on a wall so the dirt breaks

@almaperezmichi5312 5 жыл бұрын

Que chafa

@retr0150 5 жыл бұрын

Not a proper dorodango. Original Japanese ones use mud, clay and straw. Without straw, it would fall apart easily.

@ahmedp800 6 жыл бұрын

Good way to bond with a female.