@MookyTroubadour While it is hard enough to do some damage, I worked way too hard on the fragile outer shell to waste it on some dumbass. That's what rocks are for. 😄
@weirdfizz okay, but if you had a cannon that used that caliber…. Heh? Heh?
Hehehehe.
It is a beautiful art form. I was intrigued by your project and so I did a search on "dorodango" and it's fascinating. Nice work!
@QueenOfEverything I'm so happy my first one turned out so well! I've already got a bucket of dirt in the house so I can make more during winter.
how do they get those colored, high polished balls- do they dye the mud? some of the ones i saw looked like they were coated with shellac
@QueenOfEverything Some people who want to make them fast will use a little wax. Mine would be more polished if I had controlled the texture more while drying...but, first time. Traditionally, it's not done with extra stuff. Just a good balance of clay in the dirt and a long process with a lot of patience.
I think your's turned out beautiful... gotta admit, wasn't real sure when I saw you with the mud and just starting!
Although you do need one of those cool dorodango stands to highlight its awsomeness!
@QueenOfEverything Yeah, my sister-in-law looked at me like she was wondering if she should be concerned when I told her I was going to turn a ball of mud into an art piece. 😄 Until I can get some of those stands, I'm just going to cut an empty toilet paper roll into rings to use as stands.
@weirdfizz Gorgeous and amusing in equal measure!
@weirdfizz Excellent. Love the Cracks? Crackular? Cracking?
@HawkHorton We have high clay content in our soil, and that made things start cracking as it dried. I filled cracks with more dirt and they dried a lighter color. I love how it looks kind of like a turtle shell.
How do you get your balls so perfect?!
@amarand Very carefully. 😄 While it's still wet, but not too squishy, I used several things to round it. The opening of an old glass milk bottle, the opening of a small glass vase.
In the end, the right thing for the size was just an empty plastic pill bottle from the pharmacy. I gently rolled the ball on the opening of the bottle. It shaved off any extra dirt.
Are these things you can sell?
@amarand It looks like people sell them on Etsy for around $50-$100. I'd say they need to be packaged well for shipping, though. It's dry mud. The outer layer is the most fragile.
I wonder if people on CoSo would buy them? Auction? They look so cool!
@weirdfizz who ya gonna throw it at? :)