Artisan Hoop Wood Ring Seed Charm

A natural wooden hoop wrapped by hand in color-blocked yarn in mustard yellow, sky blue, and sunset orange holds a large, light-colored hollow lantern seed pod with a vein-like texture and smooth dark brown beans. A short, fluffy beige cotton tassel and speckled wooden beads finish it, on a braided beige cord loop.

The soft wrapped yarn and the vein-textured pod give the fingers a contrast of soft and rough. 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 that pairs soft yarn with a textured pod 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: Charm; tote handle, backpack zipper, or car mirror
• Primary materials: Wood ring; cotton yarn; natural seed pod
• Secondary materials: Cotton tassel; wooden beads
• Construction: Yarn wrapped by hand
• Length: Approximately 12-14 cm including tassel
• Colors: Mustard yellow, blue, orange, beige, brown
• Variation: Pod shape and surface pattern vary; yarn band widths vary between pieces

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