🌸 -10% discount as a welcome offer from 50€ of purchase (cumulative with promotions) + discounts offered to professionals and for group purchases, contact us to find out more!
📦 Packaging: Individually, sold in a dedicated box with mallet and cushion
🎶 Sound type: Bright, high to mid-range and quite long
🎁 Ideal for giving as a gift or treating yourself!
👉 Please note: The percentages of metals, the diameter and the thickness of the different bowls provide the specific sound and harmonics of each singing bowl. Each bowl is therefore unique.
📎 Information about the process of hammering Tibetan singing bowls:
During the manufacturing phase, different metals that make up the bowl are melted in a furnace (copper, tin, iron, lead, gold and silver) depending on the type of bowl desired, such as bronze bowls or those of the seven metals. The molten metal is then poured into a mold to obtain a metal disc of the desired size and thickness.
At this stage, the metal disc is modeled after being weighed and measured very precisely and then is classified according to the type of bowl to come.
As for the actual hammering process, 4 or 5 discs are stacked on top of each other and then heated until they become incandescent.
The formed glowing metal disc is then hammered by skilled craftsmen until the metal is no longer hot; then it is heated again and hammered again.
These two operations, heating and hammering, continue until the desired shape and size are obtained (which explains why hammered singing bowls can have differences of a few centimeters from each other).
When hammering bowls, the metal disc should be beaten while it is still hot, because it is more flexible.
Once cooled, in fact, the metal loses its flexibility and becomes increasingly brittle, thus risking cracks that would occur if it were struck. Once the desired shape has been achieved, the stages of manufacturing the bowl itself begin.
Each bowl is brought to the desired shape and size, repeating the heating and hammering phase if necessary.
Once the desired shape and size are achieved, the bowl is hammered to perfection. Individual bowls are then chiseled and finished inside and out.
📋 Fact sheet:
Characteristic
Information
Name
Singing bowls (or Tibetan bowls)
Origin
Tibet, Nepal, India, Himalayas
Description
Metal bowls (often an alloy of seven metals) that produce a vibrating sound when struck or the rim rubbed with a mallet.
The smaller the bowl, the higher the sound will be...
Materials
Alloy of metals: copper, tin, iron, zinc, silver, gold, mercury (according to tradition)
Function / Use
Meditation, relaxation, sound healing, yoga, religious rituals, music
Playing technique
- Strike lightly with a mallet for a clear sound
- Rub the edge with a mallet to create a continuous, harmonic vibration
Symbolic and spiritual properties
Calm, meditation, energy balance, chakra harmonization, stress reduction
Modern applications
Sound therapy, relaxation, guided meditation, Zen decoration, contemporary music
When you shop at Gem & Zen, part of your money goes to Nepal's artisans from the 'Help in Action' association. We value sustainable and responsible entrepreneurship, which we express, among other things, by making our business processes more sustainable. We therefore donate a percentage of our annual profits to charitable organizations.
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