Hikaru Dorodango,

it is a term I have never heard of before, 

 it is a Japanese term literally meaning making shiny balls out of mud,

 artist Bruce Gardner is a master of a curious Japanese artform called hikaru dorodango literally, ‘shiny dumpling’,

 where regular dirt is slowly crafted into perfect shiny spheres,

different colors and textures are obtained by using dirt from different locations, a cloth might be used to create apply a fine layer of varnish to give the final outer layer a sheen akin to a billiard ball,

 despite their appearance the completed dorodango remain extremely fragile and have to be treated with great care, it seems the purpose of making them might be more focused on the meditative benefits derived from process itself rather than the longevity of the artworks, what beautiful objects all created out of common dirt.