Handcrafted Mixed Seed Shaker Hand Bell
Our mixed seed hand bell joins three rainforest seed shells on one grass rope tie: Entada, Pala cardamom and Chacha oleander.
Entada, the largest vine pod, carries bold, resonant tones. Pala cardamom adds light, airy clicks, and Chacha oleander adds a crisp rattle. The three sound together in layers.
The bell can be held and shaken or hung from the grass rope. Patios and gardens are among its stated places, and each bell is assembled individually.
Products requiring squeezing, pulling, pressing, or force production engage muscles and joints and therefore provide proprioceptive input. 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: Hand bell shaker
- Primary materials: Entada, Pala cardamom and Chacha oleander seed shells
- Secondary material: Grass rope handle
- Craft: Handcrafted; individually assembled
- Sound profile: Layered tones from three shells
- Options: Large (53 seeds), Medium (47 seeds), Small (30 seeds); 4 seed types
- Variation: Shape, size and sound differ between pieces
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