Handcrafted Panji Seed Shell Bar Chime
The Panji Seed Shell Bar Chime has thick Panji black fruit shells hung from a solid wooden bar on natural fiber.
The shells keep the natural surface texture of the fruit, which gives bold, deep tones.
Hang the chime from a single fixing point in a window, on a porch 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: Panji black fruit seed shells
- Secondary materials: Wooden bar; natural fiber
- Construction: Handcrafted; shells cleaned and polished, then individually strung
- Sound profile: Bold, deep tones
- Sourcing: Naturally fallen seed shells
- Variation: Shape, size and sound vary between pieces