Name: 我嘗試了 1999 年席捲日本的愛好（多羅丹戈光） (I Tried the Hobby that Took Over Japan in 1999 (Hikaru Dorodango))
Uploaded: 2025-05-14T15:27:46.000Z
Duration: 8 min 18 s

Did you know that you can polish mud until it has a mirror-like surface?

你知道可以把泥巴打磨到像鏡子一樣嗎？

In Japan, they took playing in the dirt and turned it into an art.

在日本，他們把玩泥土變成了一種藝術。

A simple children's pastime where we turn this into this.

一個簡單的兒童娛樂活動，我們把這個變成了這個。

And in this video, I'm going to show you how it's done.

在這段視頻中，我將向你展示如何做到這一點。

Now, they're not really sure when the first shiny mud ball was made, but it got repopularized in Japan in 1999 by a child psychology professor who observed kids making them at a preschool.

現在，他們也不太清楚第一個閃閃發光的泥球是什麼時候製作出來的，但 1999 年，一位兒童心理學教授觀察到幼兒園的孩子們在製作泥球，於是泥球在日本重新流行起來。

He developed his own method, and after a piece aired on TV about the phenomenon, the hobby took off.

他發明了自己的方法，在電視上播出了有關這一現象的報道後，這一愛好便開始興起。

To me, there's just something intriguing about it, so I wanted to try it for myself.

對我來說，它有一種耐人尋味的魅力，所以我想親自嘗試一下。

And the first step once we get home is to sift it all.

We're looking for the finest particles possible.

Now, being from Virginia, all we had around my house was red clay, so I also want to try one with that.

我來自弗吉尼亞州，家裡只有紅土，所以我也想試試用紅土做的。

And if you do use clay, you're going to have to mix it about half and half with sand.

如果你使用粘土，你必須將粘土和沙子一半一半地混合在一起。

That'll prevent it from cracking when it dries out and shrinks.

Since I've never done this before, I thought it was a good idea to experiment with a small one first.

由於我以前從未這樣做過，所以我覺得先做一個小實驗是個好主意。

This measuring was totally unnecessary, but I started with 100 grams of soil and 35 of water.

測量完全沒有必要，但我從 100 克土和 35 克水開始。

Your soil is definitely going to be different, so don't worry about it too much.

你們的土壤肯定會有所不同，所以不用太擔心。

I'll show you the consistency we're going for in a second.

稍後我會向你們展示我們所追求的一致性。

Spend some time massaging the dirt so everything's nice and homogeneous.

花一些時間按摩泥土，讓一切都變得均勻。

And you should end up with a dough-like consistency.

最後你應該得到類似麵糰的稠度。

So add a bit of dirt or water as needed and keep working it.

是以，可根據需要添加一些泥土或水，然後繼續加工。

After that, you can compress it and shape it into a ball, and it should look something like this.

之後，你可以把它壓縮成一個球，看起來應該是這樣的。

Oh, also make sure you don't use all your clay or dirt.

哦，還要確保不要把粘土或泥土都用完。

I'm going to leave these to dry overnight.

And while that one starts, I'm going to make the clay and sand core.

在開始製作的同時，我要製作粘土和沙芯。

I thought of this after I made the cores, but for shaping and polishing, I think the finer the dirt, the better it's going to be.

我是在製作核心後才想到這一點的，但對於成型和拋光來說，我認為泥土越細越好。

So I grabbed a coffee grinder and left a fine dirt film on everything in my apartment.

於是，我拿起咖啡研磨機，在公寓裡的所有東西上留下了一層細細的汙垢膜。

In hindsight, I think I actually would have done this in the beginning and used this for the cores, but oh well.

現在回想起來，我覺得其實一開始就應該這樣做，用它來做核心，不過好吧。

For this small one, I'm going to use a glass spice jar.

對於這個小瓶子，我打算用一個玻璃調料瓶。

And then re-wet the surface and start shaping it.

然後重新潤溼表面，開始塑形。

If you make sure to not stay in one spot too long, you should end up with a perfect sphere.

如果你能確保不在一個地方停留太久，你就會得到一個完美的球體。

I'll show you what the high and low spots look like during this part when I start the clay one.

當我開始製作粘土時，我會向你們展示這部分的高點和低點是什麼樣的。

Sprinkle a layer of your fine dirt or clay, and then wet the mouth of the jar and start working it in.

撒上一層細土或粘土，然後弄溼瓶口，開始攪拌。

Also, don't do this over your plate of dirt or you're just going to be replacing it every 5 minutes.

另外，不要在你的泥盤上做這個動作，否則你每 5 分鐘就要更換一次泥盤。

And then once it starts to dry out, you're going to repeat this process over and over.

然後，一旦它開始變幹，你就要一遍又一遍地重複這個過程。

So with this test one, I was just kind of trying to figure out how to get a smooth surface, and I definitely hadn't figured out the key yet.

是以，在這次測試中，我只是在嘗試如何獲得光滑的表面，我肯定還沒有找到關鍵。

But after a couple of hours of messing around, I think I have something that's showing some promise.

不過，經過幾個小時的摸索，我覺得我有了一些希望。

我甚至說服我的妻子也做了一個。

But as you can see, there's divots all over it still.

但如你所見，上面還是到處都是凹痕。

It looks cool, but not exactly what I'm going for.

它看起來很酷，但不是我想要的。

So the trial and error continued into the evening, and here's what we ended up with for the test piece.

就這樣，試驗和錯誤一直持續到晚上，這就是我們最終完成的測試作品。

Not too bad, and honestly pretty cool that you can even do this.

還不錯，而且說實話，你能做到這一點也很酷。

But with that test done, time for the big one.

不過，測試完成後，就該進行最重要的測試了。

Now you can see what I mean with the low and high spots when we're shaping the core.

現在你可以明白我說的在塑造核心時的高點和低點是什麼意思了吧。

But after a while, we've got this perfectly spherical forbidden brownie.

但過了一會兒，我們就得到了這個完美的球形禁忌布朗尼。

So but surprise surprise, following the exact same process, I was having the exact same problem.

但出乎意料的是，按照完全相同的流程，我遇到了完全相同的問題。

No matter what I did, I always ended up with some really rough spots and some kind of smooth spots.

無論我做什麼，最後總會有一些非常粗糙的地方和一些光滑的地方。

I was watching Netflix at my desk while I did this, and I finished all of our cane before I was done.

我一邊在辦公桌前看 Netflix，一邊做這個，在我做完之前，我就把我們所有的手杖都做完了。

That's 12 hours of polishing and restarting.

But I finally figured out what I was doing wrong.

不過，我終於知道自己錯在哪裡了。

When it started to dry, I would start to see some shine showing up, and so I would just keep polishing.

當它開始變干時，我開始看到一些光澤，於是我就繼續拋光。

But it turns out it wasn't actually ready yet.

但事實證明，它其實還沒準備好。

All the low spots were never going to polish away.

The technique that finally broke the cycle was to get the jar wet and work it until you get a tacky surface like this.

最終打破這個循環的技巧是把罐子弄溼，然後一直弄到像這樣的粘性表面。

Then sprinkle clay on any of the divots and gently rub them in with your palm.

然後將粘土撒在任何凹陷處，用手掌輕輕揉搓。

Then cover the whole ball in a thin clay dust.

然後在整個球上覆蓋一層薄薄的粘土粉。

Get the whole surface wet with the jar and work it until you get back to that giant malt ball look.

用罐子把整個表面弄溼，然後攪拌，直到恢復到大麥芽球的樣子。

As it's drying, you're kind of spreading that thin layer of mud to fill in all the imperfections.

在乾燥的過程中，你要撒上一層薄薄的泥漿，以填補所有的瑕疵。

And as you add layer after layer, those imperfections will slowly go away, and you'll end up with a perfectly smooth surface.

隨著一層又一層的添加，這些瑕疵就會慢慢消失，最後你會看到一個完美光滑的表面。

Once the surface is how you like, don't wet it again and just keep polishing.

一旦表面達到您喜歡的效果，就不要再弄溼，繼續拋光。

For me, a little drop of olive oil on the rim of the glass really helped it to slide.

對我來說，在杯沿上滴一點橄欖油真的有助於它的滑動。

Then a little polish with a cloth, and you're done.

然後用抹布稍加拋光，就大功告成了。

Figuring out how to do this was honestly frustrating, and a lot of work.

老實說，弄清如何做到這一點很令人沮喪，也很費事。

But once I figured it out, it was kind of meditative, and I think I could do it a lot faster the next time.

不過，一旦我想明白了，就會有一種冥想的感覺，我想下次我可以做得更快。

I think I'll definitely do another one in the future, and I really recommend you give this one a try.

我想我將來一定會再做一本，我真心建議你試試這本書。

Thanks for watching, and if you liked that, go check out some of my other projects.

感謝您的觀看，如果您喜歡，請去看看我的其他項目。