Material for Love -Dorodango Workshop for Couples – Valentine’s Day Special

Material for Love
Dorodango Workshop for Couples – Valentine’s Day Special

Led by Tasnim, an artist and botanical farmer, this workshop brings together love, earth, and nature, and invites participants to delve into the art of Dorodango — a traditional Japanese practice of polished mud, where simple natural material is transformed, through slow and patient handwork, into a smooth, stone-like, shiny sphere.
Originally, Dorodango was a Japanese children’s game involving shaping earth using only the hands, natural drying, and gradual polishing until a shine appears. It is a quiet and focused process that combines concentration, perseverance, creativity, and the deep satisfaction of turning mud into an art object. Through touch and contact with the earth, a connection is formed — to ourselves, to the material, and to the person beside us.
In this couples’ workshop, we invite you to pause for a moment, work together, and create a Dorodango sphere that holds memories, thoughts, and sensations from the moment of creation, as well as from your relationship as it exists now. According to tradition, the experiences and intentions that accompany the process become embedded within the sphere — turning it into an artwork that preserves memory.
What will we do in the workshop?
* Work with mud that has been specially prepared in advance
* Shape and form the sphere through gentle, precise handwork
*Add natural pigments made from earth colors
*Polish the sphere until it becomes smooth and shiny like stone
When?
February 14 | 12:00
Workshop duration: 1.5 hours
Where?
Museum of the City of Tel Aviv-Yafo
27 Bialik Street
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The workshop includes museum admission.
*  The event will be documented and shared on social media
*  Limited to 20 participants
*  The activity is subject to a minimum number of participants
Photo credit: Janna Heshav