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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 01/10/2026

Not fountain pens, but Cobalt Bermuda Blue continues to be glorious. Prepping for the initial wave of shipping - Fidgets. Then it's working on the Bebe Fountain Pens already in progress.

Bright blue ballpoint pens on black with labeled gift boxes

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 26/09/2026

Relic Fountain Pen, not yet done, but body mostly is.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 26/09/2026

Some of the other half. Bebe Fountain Pens, plus one Relic.

Fountain pens in progress on steel peg board

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 26/09/2026

About -half- of what I'm working on right now.

Row of blue resin rods on well used workbench next to wood lathe

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 26/09/2026

Sexy, sexy step drilling. Fountain Pen cap, in progress

Step drilled fountain pen cap in blue resin before being lined

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 13/09/2026

Papyrus & Kali. I'm not sure who wants to eat whom more. - My kids got me Papyrus earlier this month, as a surprise. Kali is obsessed with the new temporary resident of the laptop desk. (He's not our first snake.)

Siamese short hair cat nose to nose through glass with albino California Kingsnake

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 09/09/2026

Left to right: Oleander Underground x2 Invictus x2 Muted Impressionist's Spring Just tackling small tasks this morning before getting to the heavy hitters. There's a Moon Banded Bebe Fountain Pen and some piece work gluing up next.

Hand crafted ballpoint twist pens in pink, purple, wire, black, and blue Grey

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 08/09/2026

Stalked a very specific pair of shoes for well over a month. Needed a difficult-to-find size. Just snagged them. ABSURDLY PSYCHED.

Pair of brown wingtip lace up men's dress shoes style, only with bronze tone 4" stacked heel.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 05/09/2026

I feel (happily) obligated to post this for @fishfeast.bsky.social, who understands the unusual pets thing. My kids got me a baby Albino California Kingsnake. I've wanted one since they were babies. With Middle starting snakes (he has a corn) they decided it was time. This is Papyrus, aka Papi.

Very tiny albino snek curled around a neck on top of wide headphone band

Albino California Kingsnake in glass enclosed

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 28/08/2026

Look, I developed an entire design language unique to my process because repairs happen. Ain't no shame in life happening. 🫶

Blue and silver handcrafted fountain pen

Cream and gold and silver handcrafted fountain pen

Multiple mixed color fountain pens on surface with electroformed repairs

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 17/08/2026

Noted, though this quarters color is going with silver so... (... This doesn't even come close to it in person but vague approximation. Think top grade turquoise but somehow more blue.)

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 30/07/2026

Current Relic Fountain Pen in progress.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 24/07/2026

Final Quality Control pass, but oh that close is satisfying.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 23/07/2026

Just leaving this here. 🌈 Bebe Fountain Pens, entirely handmade.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 15/07/2026

Pen Updates: www.patreon.com/posts/163895...

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 05/07/2026

2/24 turned, sanded and polished, heading into the ultrasonic.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 05/07/2026

And thus begins the four day long stretch of turning The Rainbows. This is 2 of 24, mid-turning on the lathe.

Rainbow banded fountain pen body on the lathe, mid turning, unpolished.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 05/07/2026

Bebe Fountain Pen in Cats Paw Nebula, still on lathe.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 05/07/2026

Just finished Bebe Fountain Pen body in Aegean Sea, still on lathe.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 05/07/2026

Just finished Bebe Fountain Pen in Blue Morpho, still on lathe.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 04/07/2026

Just finished Bebe Fountain Pen body in Rosarium Obscura, still on lathe.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 04/07/2026

Just finished Bebe Fountain Pen body in Oleander, still on lathe.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 21/06/2026

I've had v2 of my Barracuda feed (look, it needed a name for file naming) in my Bebe Fountain Pen for a bit and it seems to have solved the worst of the lingering issues v1 had. (Hard starting wasn't one. I was concerned that's the issue I was going to run into with V2. Nope.)

Fountain pen on paper with black background

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 10/06/2026

I haven't done this in a while, but... I have two one-of-a-kind, handcrafted Bebe Fountain Pens left from the latest shop release. One is Invictus (a wine to blood red color shift with gold flake) the other is Blue Mallee, a silver and blue-green marbled.

red and wine and gold fountain pen on white

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 09/06/2026

There's doing it once... and then there's doing it four more times the next day to the same standard.

banded rainbow fountain pen on the lathe

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 09/06/2026

Each of these layers was cast as an 11" rod and then individual cut to the same thickness and then sanded and then glued together with black cut on a specific angle. :shrug:

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 09/06/2026

Body bored: ✅ Aluminum core machined: ✅ Core seated in body: ✅ Body turned: ✅ Polishing, round one: ✅

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 08/06/2026

Just (fountain pen) bodies. Still casting black. If you know me, you know what's about to go down... and what it's going to take out of me.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 05/06/2026

I love this wonky little pot.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 20/05/2026

EVERYTHING SURVIVED TO BISQUE. Glazes done tonight, glaze fire Friday. (I don't operate the kiln.)

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 16/05/2026

Taking a break from pen work to put this year's flock additions outside in the coop. We've officially graduated from the playpen brooder! Not shown: the remaining 12 chickens going out next.

Smiling white person holding two young black chickens in one arm

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 15/05/2026

Y'all. This crossed my screen today. This... I have to sit with the potential implications of this. (I promise I'm working on new work. I PROMISE.)

R/penswap wanting to buy post wanting to purchase an Abigail Markov Bebe

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 14/05/2026

Bloomed the saffron longer, switched to filtered, used, deep fryer oil instead of new oil, used a couple of shots from my (fermented) ginger bug instead of powdered ginger. Onion, garlic, anchovies, duck eggs - same as last time.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 14/05/2026

BAHAHAAH! My next four (look, I love memes.)

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 14/05/2026

...no, no, I will put myself in time out, it's fine.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 13/05/2026

Trying to explain to people that I like wonky, wobbly, asymmetrical pottery is interesting when the goal of wheel thrown pottery is even and symmetrical. :shrug: I'm weird and difficult, fine. Mine are the not scribbled out ones. I kept the asymmetrical and collapsed rims *on purpose*

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 10/05/2026

Unlike these which hahahaha dream on hooker, dream the fuck on, but YOU NEED TO SEE THEM.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 08/05/2026

In other news, my pottery tools are organized in my apron for open studio tomorrow, and I FINALLY got the warp on my floor loom fixed.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 06/05/2026

The metal cap band on the Moon Phases Banded Bebe Fountain Pen is completely hand crafted, but would you believe it uses more jewelry making skills than pen turning skills to create it? (Once upon a time I was a jeweler - some of you who've been with me a while might remember.)

Close up of hands using silvery metal band under flat lap buffer

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 03/05/2026

Two custom cast accent bands. Lined cap. Custom aluminum hardware. Bebe Fountain Pen body form. The Spring 2026 Art Pens. No AI needed.

Five pink and green pens against bokeh background

pink and green fountain pens standing on end against bokeh background

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 02/05/2026

There's the men who won't text back and then there's this, there is currently no in between when it comes to being hit on:

Random stranger leaving a public comment to me: Would you use a strap on and pegging me my goddess

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 02/05/2026

Temporary ink, inkbox, they use jagua gel I think. One set of my sigils.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 02/05/2026

Okay, I have a shirt I thrifted a couple weeks ago on the way that I am very excited about, and had a fun style idea for it, but since it just shipped, I grabbed a similar shirt to test the concept. I THINK THIS WINS. Also, this is the black leather pants with the Fifth Horseman Boots.

White woman with brown hair in black leather

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 01/05/2026

Version 1 of the G*ddamn Full Moons sigil. I've spent my entire life fighting with energetic shenanigans around the moon cycle. I tried to logic my way out of it, and that didn't give satisfactory results. Nothing is true, everything is permitted, so fine-different approach. Because whatever works.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 30/04/2026

Per request: Same fountain pen. Same person. Different hands. Using a fountain pen as a leftie is a matter of technique, not getting a left-hand fountain pen Also, yes, I am aware there is almost no difference in my handwriting legibility between hands.

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A. Markov @abigailmarkov.com · 30/04/2026

I'm not here to convince you that you should or argue about why it won't work for people. I'm posting to show people *they can* if they're willing to learn. #ShitIHaveToExplainToOtherAdults

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