A colorful wooden pencil with a blue body, vibrant multicolor floral pattern, a pink ferrule, and a blue eraser shown horizontally against a plain white background.

A set of limited-edition pencils from Blackwing Volumes, featuring green packaging with the pencil tops poking out of the opened top, all photographed on a clean white background.

A set of colorful wood pencils arranged diagonally on a vibrant, colorblock background of orange, green, and pink blocks. The pencils feature blue bodies with a busy, multicolored floral and swirl pattern, metallic pink erasers, and white text reading 'BLACKWING 143', in honor of Frida Kahlo

Blackwing Volume 143 pencils on a white background, a tribute to Frida Kahlo, featuring a blue pencil barrel with pink, orange, and white floral patterns, a pink ferrule, and blue erasers

A set of colorful patterned pencils with pink ferrules and blue erasers arranged diagonally on a magenta background. One pencil is sharpened to show a wooden writing core.

A set of colorful Blackwing Volume 143 pencils fanned out from a green box on a clean white background.

4 Frida Kahlo pencils, a limited edition Volumes by Blackwing on a white background.

Blackwing Volume 143 - Frida Kahlo Pencils (Set of 12)

$36.00

Blackwing

On September 17, 1925, a bus collided with a trolley car in Mexico City. Among the injured passengers was 18-year-old Frida Kahlo. The accident left her bedridden for months. With a mirror suspended above her bed, Frida began to paint what she could see: herself.

Looking inward became a defining theme of Frida’s work. Through her celebrated self-portraits, she explored identity, pain, and passion using bold, vibrant colors to express her inner world. Her work honored Mexican and indigenous cultures while offering an unflinching examination of physical pain, emotional struggle, and the women’s experience.

Volume 143 is our tribute to Frida Kahlo. Each pencil features soft graphite and a floral design inspired by Frida’s iconic imagery. The model number 143 is a nod to the 143 paintings commonly attributed to her over the course of her life.