Frank Gaydos on sun 19 feb 12
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Mike on mon 20 feb 12
My kids love doing this! Heck, I love doing it, too. Strangely absorbing
as an activity. Every year, the elementary school has a school hike to
the top of the closest mountain. At the top, lots of kids start finding
places to dig up clay and make the shiny balls.
Mike
in Taku, Japan
http://karatsupots.com
http://karatsupots.blogspot.com
Workshop in Taku 2012: The Simple Teabowl, May 12 - 18
http://karatsupots.com/workshop2012/2012home.html
http://workshopintaku2012.blogspot.com/
(2012/02/20 3:24), Frank Gaydos wrote:
> The Art of Polished Dirt Balls
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>
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> Proving they really do have an art for just about anything you can imagin=
e, the Japanese have perfected the art of making hand-polished dirt balls. =
Steady, patient, manual compression is all that it takes to make these simp=
le, smooth forms.
>
> Think of it as the Zen of Dirt.
>
> If you're worried that only some sort of expert would be able to handle t=
his, I'd like to point out that the majority of the Japanese who do this ar=
e elementary-age schoolchildren. If a five-year-old kid can do it, so can y=
ou!
>
>
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> http://relache.hubpages.com/hub/hikaru-dorodango What it is.
>
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D1RN4yKvDruI How to video.
>
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> http://www.google.com/search?q=3DHikaru+Dorodango&hl=3Den&rlz=3D1T4GZAZ_e=
nUS357US357&prmd=3Dimvns&tbm=3Disch&tbo=3Du&source=3Duniv&sa=3DX&ei=3DijtBT=
7ePNaXq0gHw7aimCw&ved=3D0CDsQsAQ&biw=3D1920&bih=3D936 Lots of pics.
>
>
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> Frank Gaydos
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> "Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as
> when they do it from religious conviction"
> Blaise Pascal.
> http://home.comcast.net/~frankgaydos/index.html
>
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