In a recent post, I said:
Rainer Brockerhoff wrote:

…I recommend the Spherical Object Collectors community, created by my friend (in several senses) Mario AV, which already pointed me at this fascinating page about Hikaru Dorodango, or Japanese shiny mud balls.

Now I read at Jonathan Peterson’s way.nu that there’s a more up-to-date article available; it even has videos of each step of the process of making a dorodango!