Handcrafted Chacha Oleander Seed Bar Chime
The Chacha Oleander Seed Bar Chime has Chacha oleander seed shells hung in several strands from a wooden bar.
The strands strike one another at slightly different moments, so one movement of air or one pass of the hand produces crisp, layered, melodic tones.
Hang the chime from a hook or a beam on a porch, in a window or indoors.
Activities often associated with creativity, learning, and leisure can also play a meaningful role in cognitive and emotional well-being.
Reading, writing, listening to music, and playing an instrument do more than provide entertainment or creative expression. Research suggests that these activities can help individuals explore, express, understand, and regulate emotional experiences. Music has been associated with emotion-regulation processes and mood management (Peters et al., 2024; Chong et al., 2024), expressive writing has been linked to emotional processing and reflection (Pennebaker, 2018), and reading has been associated with emotional understanding, empathy, and perspective-taking (Rezende & Shigaeff, 2023; Luperini, 2021). These activities also engage cognitive systems involved in language, attention, and memory (Kunert et al., 2015; Maess et al., 2001; Patel, 2003; Yurgil et al., 2020). Musical and linguistic activities draw on shared neural resources for processing structured information, including syntax (Kunert et al., 2015; Maess et al., 2001; Patel, 2003), while music training has been associated with working-memory processes and executive functioning (Yurgil et al., 2020). Reading, writing, and music may support emotional well-being and cognitive development while strengthening communication, memory, attention, emotional understanding, and self-regulation.
Details
- Product: Bar chime
- Primary material: Chacha oleander seed shells
- Secondary material: Wooden bar
- Construction: Handcrafted; shells collected and polished by hand, strung in multiple rows
- Sound profile: Crisp, layered, melodic tones
- Sourcing: Naturally fallen seed shells
- Uses: Musical use; decor
- Variation: Shape, size and sound vary between pieces
