How to make super shiny mud balls

Great Big Story shows how an expert dorodango maker makes beautiful shiny balls of mud. It requires starting with a mixture of a clay-based mud, straw, and water. 'When you begin to polish them,' she says, 'and they begin to shine, they are living creatures coming to life.' There is even an annual dorodango tournament in Japan.
When Carla was editor of Craft magazine, she ran an article with a dorodango how-to.
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