Rainbow Pencils

Made from recycled paper, rainbow pencils let you create beautiful paper rainbows when you sharpen them.

Rainbow Pencils function like regular wooden pencils, and are the same size and weight, but they’re not made from wood, they’re made from lots of layers of recycled waste paper. So the shavings / sharpenings look like rainbows.

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Rainbow Pencils (3PK, White) - Duncan Shotton Design Studio

Pack types

Each pencil has a 6-layer rainbow core and comes finished in either black, white or light grey.

They come in two pack types, both of which have a simple design that makes a great gift :
3-pack (3PK) = 3 pencils in a simple printed box with tuck-end flaps.
5-pack (5PK) = 5 pencils in a paper-over-board tray with white printed sleeve including angle-cut window, displaying the product inside.

Making Rainbows

You don’t need a special sharpener to make rainbows, but a sharp, good quality one will help you make better ones. To improve your rainbows, you can try sharpening from the other end of the pencil, using a better sharpener or applying a more constant force when turning the pencil. Trying to make the perfect rainbow is all part of the fun!

Specification

  • 3-pack : 178mm x 25mm x 8.5mm / 25g
  • 5-pack : 179mm x 47mm x 14mm / 55g
  • Individual pencils : 173mm long / 7g
  • Country of manufacture : South Korea
  • Graphite : Standard HB (#2 US)

Photo Credit

  • Rainbow Pencil point detail ©️ Alyx Cullen (cwpencils)
  • Full circle Rainbow Pencil shaving ©️ Alyx Cullen (cwpencils)
  • Resting on red - Rainbow Pencil shaving flower ©️ Lasciuscetteria
  • (all others ©️ Duncan Shotton Design Studio)

Finish

Each pencil is printed with logo on one side and “rainbow pencil by duncan shotton” on the other. The outer (black, white or light grey) layers of each pencil are also made from recycled paper. The finish of each pencil is therefore never ‘perfect’ and will contain marks and imperfections, as is standard of recycled paper.

Launch

Originally funded on Kickstarter.
We will be forever grateful to the 2,864 backers that helped make this project a reality.
You can now buy directly from this website.

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