Turning Mud into Art with Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Dorodango

[@AARP]

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

[@yedari1646]

wow cool ball so solead

[@dalagambukid]

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.

[@roseg6703]

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.

[@totallynotcyp]

Color code them!

[@aidenduong621]

@@totallynotcyp that would look cool

[@deslow7411]

Did you ever make them?

[@YourNeighborhoodfriendlyhacker]

@@deslow7411idk

[@kylenesseth5907]

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

[@anitaho3559]

I just realized that they look like maltesers

[@Joxcie]

Anita Ho Yum T_T

[@ishaanpratap6262]

It look like elephant shit

[@Layer03cyberia]

Ikr put them both in jail

[@mandynotmandigames4141]

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

[@account-fl1xo]

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.

[@uglygreens]

Thanks for the tip 😊

[@VengD]

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

[@rossovg]

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

[@Doctors_TARDIS]

That smell is called Petrichor.

[@eyubjj]

no petrichor is the smell of fresh earth after it rains

[@Doctors_TARDIS]

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

[@eyubjj]

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

[@paopaothemaocow]

after 3 years, how are you guys doing?

[@fishbarbeque8540]

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

[@yoan4152]

I'm fascinated with the sphere since i've seen above my residential area these wonderful white orb, absolutely perfect in its geometry

[@gman3218]

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

[@Tinker_man]

Haha gender equality seems to stop at shovels...

[@titandarknight2698]

@@Tinker_man What are you yapping about? She literally makes makes balls out of dirt. TF, is up with men getting angry at gender equality on the most randomest of BS, while women are still fighting for a place in the workforce. What a male comment

[@william5159]

@@Tinker_man 🤣🤣🤣

What I noticed was she kept the ring on… totally gummed up. 💍

[@laurawalsh1635]

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

[@mygooglename7275]

After watching this i was craving milk chocolate balls

[@shardaebrianna4324]

ive been waiting for this vidio for 3 years

[@ethannkyle9858]

Wait what?

[@ethannkyle9858]

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]

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]

shardae greenwood oh ok. I understand

[@KidAfro29]

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

[@lilyanderson7853]

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

[@samsloan4110]

Lilli Anderson Your face is a dorodango

[@singhabiru7976]

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

[@khadijahcollie5940]

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

[@emileeeeeee]

Lol

[@robford3211]

@ 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

[@Quispin01]

For me it worked perfect he gave a really excellent explanation

[@deano2506]

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

[@bonkergoidable]

don't give up buddy, guarantee you this guy has failed more times than you have tried

[@sergeyb8]

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

[@Wipsnipidy]

It's only half finished though...

[@seancamping7277]

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

[@thadg.7027]

Same I love knitting

[@clod8]

Mister Snow 😶

[@devinm.2398]

Mister Snow 😶

[@mack7296]

Who else came here from BuzzFeed?

[@clinxeo5702]

Blithe ;3 may

[@cowqult]

Me

[@AARP]

Oddly enough, we did too 😳

[@Itsluisss]

Me

[@CharlieTheAwsomeGamer]

Blithe ;3 yep

[@reliea]

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

[@mimi-tz9re]

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 :)

[@censusgary]

Thank you for showing how to make a shiny ball of mud. Now please explain why I would ever want a shiny ball of mud.

[@psyche6917]

Holy crap imagine an earthquake in that place

[@tori.z]

Unintentional asmr

[@camilotorrez6823]

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

[@Based_Face]

I KNEW that was Santa Fe when I saw it. We have some of the most amazing colors of clay here in NM. Especially the coliche clay out in Canoncit.

[@william5159]

Northern New Mexico, always easy to spot. However, they are about 50 miles south of Santa Fe. Placitas, just a few miles north of Albuquerque. But still Northern New Mexico... nothing like it!!!!

[@impulsivecrafting]

So.. what do you do with them afterwards?

[@mrmensje1]

Wild Bee wait till it dries and polish it!

[@impulsivecrafting]

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

[@mrmensje1]

Wild Bee probably what you just said..

[@al5ayyal911]

Hang it & u will have a third ball

[@mesmer3780]

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? :/

[@RollinLeonard]

AARP youtube is fucking lit

[@AARP]

We try

[@RollinLeonard]

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

[@ashtoninternet5624]

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

[@ithyphal]

Now I want to make one of these too :)

[@Katzenschatzlein]

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]

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

[@HunnyBee23]

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

[@MiKMiK33]

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

[@MiKMiK33]

So, only a little bit of water?

[@riverlife5803]

cool video!!! thanks Barbara!!!

[@fizzaqasim9835]

How cool

[@ingridmorris5691]

Ive made three now, and they keep cracking upon drying, and they JUST WON'T SHINE UP. I give up. Its harder than it looks

[@elizabeth-kr3fo]

Came from buzzfeed I think I'll make one

[@kuuna.]

Came from buzzfeed

[@yunhin9631]

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

[@ktprojects2077]

What makes it shiny

[@sandrinakeffufal6008]

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

[@gavinburnes6344]

But how do u polish it ?

[@kalimer0968]

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]

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]

Kalimer0 thanks

[@kalimer0968]

Gavin Burnes You're welcome!

[@shardaebrianna4324]

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

[@nobodyuknow6337]

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]

Try and see :P

[@DJ_Dutchess]

Totally doing this but with Oreos 😋

[@AsBeanOnTV]

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

[@joshuafrank1246]

How’d he make the bumpy ones

[@JerBear0328]

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

[@hunthse]

Why was her shiny dumpling not shiny like the others?

[@darkantidote]

That poor diamond ring XD

[@see_rencio]

buzzfeed brought me here...

[@dotxr]

I did it with cool-aid

[@AnomalocarisWizard]

Ferb I know what we are going to do today

[@brucewayne5724]

2:33 lol, she's trying.

[@jacobthueson32]

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

[@ianhu7099]

nice.

[@NeverEverNebula]

And that kids, is how maltesers were made

[@joaovitor1452]

QUEM VEIO PELO MANUAL DO MUNDO??

[@musicafilosofia498]

Eu, mas o método dele é muito mais difícil.

[@HunnyBee23]

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

[@tzuyuwu786]

This isn’t hippie….it’s Japanese

[@hottubjim9590]

i make these to help myself stay sober

[@Traderjoe]

They didn’t explain how they get shiny

[@bingbing4332]

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

[@bawiboi3268]

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]

Thats a great memory

[@SirLancelotized]

2:37 Petrichor

[@alishaarif3309]

who else is here cause of buzzfeed

[@Mere1256]

Alisha Arif me

[@sabbathrain]

Alisha Arif MEEEEE

[@mimikyucutie6149]

Yup

[@brucewayne5724]

3:26 Hubba hubba.

[@aaravbhargava902]

My ball breakes what to do

[@JerBear0328]

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

[@omarjassar4650]

Talk about the Real Mudders

[@gravitasonline6760]

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

[@plopplop5218]

Giant whoppers

[@AutumnWhite-888]

I still don’t see how it becomes shiny

[@samsloan4110]

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

[@sylviajones4907]

😂

[@flamingo3176]

3:30 Asmr

[@justinmiller5135]

He would not help her with the bucket : (

[@olivernechala]

AARP what mud ball damage?

[@AARP]

@olivernechala, the video doesn't mention ball damage. Would you please clarify your question? - DG.

[@Hellgirly666]

The giant malteser....

[@ericprochnow]

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

[@abso4360]

ayee abq

[@dark-qm2tn]

Dirt is dusty

[@yorcs5255]

Here because BuzzFeed!

[@katielemley5217]

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

[@auroralawson9031]

Samee

[@serialpruners]

o m g

[@serialpruners]

a a r p

[@charlottestephens4683]

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 :/

[@RackwitzG]

She forgot to take off her ring... lol

[@spiceyboogerspiceybooger6437]

The look like Lindt chocolate candies

[@briannasedlak4674]

asmr🔊

[@maco.2379]

Buzzfeed is quaking

[@sleepinggiant882]

Why don't they put it in an oven?

[@jannhebrank5710]

did not explain how to actually make them,,bah

[@aidenduong621]

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

[@patricialorainetsekiri4789]

i wanna bite one lol

[@Kittiesdawn]

I can’t think of anything that is more of a waste of time than this…they literally fall apart if you touch them too hard….

[@mj-sq7ii]

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

[@-stormii-797]

They look like chocolate

[@jaxchan9033]

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

[@voro_738]

Yaay another inheritance fan

[@blue4980]

Milk duds everywhere

[@ucc1481]

doesn't detail tge real thing

[@ehabbitar9016]

#Maltesers

[@Agrhonak]

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