Capiz Shell Windchimes

Dozens of capiz shells, each one sliced thin, polished flat, and dyed — then strung from a natural bamboo ring and hung in a window where the light can find them. When the light does, the shells glow. When a breeze moves through, they drift against each other with the softest, most unlikely sound: not a chime, not a rattle, something quieter — the sound of water moving over flat stones, of rain on leaves, of a room that has slowed down.

Capiz shells come from the Placuna placenta, a flat, disc-shaped mollusk found in shallow coastal waters across Southeast Asia. The shell's defining quality is translucency — it is thin enough to let light pass through it, to hold colour the way stained glass holds colour, to change temperature and saturation as the day moves and the sun shifts. Hung in a window, a capiz chime is not the same object at 7am as it is at 3pm.

It is the only home decor item that literally changes with the light.

Three variants, three different moods.

The Rainbow variant runs through the full visible spectrum — red, orange, yellow, green, teal, blue, violet — in a cascade that maps onto the seven chakras of yogic tradition. Red at the top (root, earth, foundation), violet at the bottom (crown, sky, transcendence) — or flip the reading depending on your framework. The effect in a sunlit window is immediate and joyful.

The Aurora variant works in the cooler spectrum — blues, greens, purples, with flashes of chartreuse — the colours of the northern lights, of deep reef water, of dusk. More complex, less defined, the kind of colour story that looks different every time you look at it. The

Ocean Blue variant is the most focused: deep electric blue at the top, gradually releasing to pale aqua and powder blue at the bottom. A single colour breathing. An entire ocean in a window.

In Shaman's framework, capiz shell is Water — the material of the ocean, of reflection, of fluidity. The hanging and the movement it makes when touched by wind is Air — breath, vitality, the invisible element that makes everything else move. This is one of the few products in the Shaman range that actively carries two elements in use: Water in its material, Air in its motion.

Element: Water · Air

Energy: Flow · Clarity · Breath

Origin: Capiz shell — ocean-sourced, handcrafted, curated in Kathmandu

Care: Indoor use only — capiz shell is delicate and will deteriorate in rain or sustained humidity. Hang in a window with indirect or filtered sunlight for longest colour life; prolonged direct UV can fade dyed shells over time. Dust gently with a soft cloth or low-pressure air. Untangle strings carefully if they twist — work from the bottom upward.

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