Forest Harvest Ring Wood Charm

The Forest Harvest Ring Wood Charm has a smooth, polished dark brown wooden ring that holds a dense cluster of seeds: polished dark cups, rough beige pods, and a cross-sectioned fruit stone that shows the flower-like chambers inside the seed. The seeds are large and dense, so they knock together with a deep, solid clatter.

The smooth wood ring, the rough pods, and the sliced fruit stone give the hand a mix of surfaces, and the solid seeds add a satisfying weight. Grounding-oriented profiles are characterized by a need for continuous, familiar, or consistent somatosensory information to stay aware of the physical body and the present moment (Dunn, 2001). A charm with a smooth wood ring and a dense seed cluster best fits the preference for carrying an object and rubbing or handling it. Objects like this offer continuous somatosensory input through surface texture, geometry, and thermal properties (McGlone et al., 2014), and consistent input helps people with low registration remain physically oriented within their environment (Dunn, 2001).

Details

• Product: Cluster charm
• Primary materials: Dark wood ring; sliced fruit stone; natural pods
• Secondary material: Metal hardware
• Length: Approximately 12-14 cm
• Ring diameter: Approximately 4-5 cm
• Sound: Deep, solid clatter
• Weight: Solid seeds and wood give it a satisfying weight
• Variation: The pattern inside each sliced nut is unique

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