Choose based on intention, not frequency. The elements you select create the bowl's energetic foundation; the note that emerges will be the voice that foundation naturally expresses. A custom bowl infused with grounding stones will speak in whatever frequency best carries that grounding quality—you're setting the what, and the bowl reveals the how. Many practitioners find this liberating: intention first, then discovery.
Organic materials like lavender, rose petals, or mugwort often transform or evaporate at quartz formation temperatures, but their structural imprint remains embedded in the quartz matrix. Think of it like a fossil—the original matter may be gone, but the pattern it created is permanent. That microstructure is what vibrates when the bowl sings, producing resonance unique to those specific elements even after transformation.
Yes, and custom bowls often become deeply meaningful gifts precisely because the giver chooses elements that reflect their knowledge of the recipient's journey. A parent might select a child's birthstone with calming herbs for bedtime; a friend might combine stones representing shared experiences during a difficult year. The bowl becomes both instrument and intentional object—a "I see what you're moving through" gift rather than generic wellness product.
Apparent conflicts often resolve into complementary pairs during the infusion process—grounding and activating elements can create balanced momentum; protective and heart-opening stones can offer safe vulnerability. The molecular integration at 3,000°F doesn't preserve contradiction; it synthesizes a new signature. Many practitioners intentionally choose "opposing" elements when working with paradox: grief and joy, stillness and motion, shadow and light held in one vessel.
Once your bowl is completed and its frequency measured, you'll receive full tuning details showing which reference system it naturally aligns with—A=440 (concert pitch), A=432 (earth tuning), C=528 (love frequency), or our Grounding/Uplift categories. The 6.5" size typically produces frequencies in the 300-500 Hz range (fourth octave), and your custom infusion will express through whatever note best carries those combined elements. You can then integrate it with instruments tuned to that same standard.
Every custom bowl includes a pure quartz mallet wrapped in premium silicone for optimal resonance and a silicone O-ring for stable playing on hard surfaces. The bowl itself is formed in a single seamless vessel from 99.995% pure quartz with your selected elements molecularly integrated during formation—no surface coatings, no weak points. Built to last lifetimes, with the specific infusion you designed carried permanently in the quartz structure.