A. Markov
@abigailmarkov.com
Pen Maker, Artist, Artificer, Director of Shenanigans.
Don't let the approachable oversharing fool you - my actual work has been featured in Pen World magazine repeatedly, with collectors around the world.
Personal account.
www.abigailmarkov.com
Don't let the approachable oversharing fool you - my actual work has been featured in Pen World magazine repeatedly, with collectors around the world.
Personal account.
www.abigailmarkov.com
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Darlings, do you want to order a signed copy of my forthcoming poetry collection?
Well, you can!! Order from Inkwood Books (www.inkwoodnj.com/item/Ta5ktKU...) and when you go to check out, there’s a box for Instructions/comments.
Write in if you want it signed and/or personalized, an voila!
Well, you can!! Order from Inkwood Books (www.inkwoodnj.com/item/Ta5ktKU...) and when you go to check out, there’s a box for Instructions/comments.
Write in if you want it signed and/or personalized, an voila!
February 13, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Darlings, do you want to order a signed copy of my forthcoming poetry collection?
Well, you can!! Order from Inkwood Books (www.inkwoodnj.com/item/Ta5ktKU...) and when you go to check out, there’s a box for Instructions/comments.
Write in if you want it signed and/or personalized, an voila!
Well, you can!! Order from Inkwood Books (www.inkwoodnj.com/item/Ta5ktKU...) and when you go to check out, there’s a box for Instructions/comments.
Write in if you want it signed and/or personalized, an voila!
Getting there. Not done, but getting there. One of 8 in progress. (Only need to finish 6.)
Electroformed fountain pen cap, entirely handcrafted.
Electroformed fountain pen cap, entirely handcrafted.
February 13, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Getting there. Not done, but getting there. One of 8 in progress. (Only need to finish 6.)
Electroformed fountain pen cap, entirely handcrafted.
Electroformed fountain pen cap, entirely handcrafted.
Ordered my fixatif spray so I can keep working on this painting. 🥳
Want to lock down these layers before I add new ones.
Want to lock down these layers before I add new ones.
February 12, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Ordered my fixatif spray so I can keep working on this painting. 🥳
Want to lock down these layers before I add new ones.
Want to lock down these layers before I add new ones.
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I didn't want to write - I wanted to do the easy thing.
I wrote.
www.abigailmarkov.com/2026/02/12/p...
I wrote.
www.abigailmarkov.com/2026/02/12/p...
Per Aspera, Ad Astra - Abigail Markov
//There are a handful of new Fidget ballpoint pens, four Bebes, and one Banded Moon Phase Bebe in Dark Sky in the shop as of tonight. There is a popular Latin phrase I'm fond of: Per aspera, ad astra....
www.abigailmarkov.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:39 AM
I didn't want to write - I wanted to do the easy thing.
I wrote.
www.abigailmarkov.com/2026/02/12/p...
I wrote.
www.abigailmarkov.com/2026/02/12/p...
I didn't want to write - I wanted to do the easy thing.
I wrote.
www.abigailmarkov.com/2026/02/12/p...
I wrote.
www.abigailmarkov.com/2026/02/12/p...
Per Aspera, Ad Astra - Abigail Markov
//There are a handful of new Fidget ballpoint pens, four Bebes, and one Banded Moon Phase Bebe in Dark Sky in the shop as of tonight. There is a popular Latin phrase I'm fond of: Per aspera, ad astra....
www.abigailmarkov.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:39 AM
I didn't want to write - I wanted to do the easy thing.
I wrote.
www.abigailmarkov.com/2026/02/12/p...
I wrote.
www.abigailmarkov.com/2026/02/12/p...
I would like to be drinking a very dry red wine or high proof rye whisky and reading or painting or having deep conversations right now, but instead I am drinking a locally made uncarbonated ginger ale and writing up pen listings on the website.
February 12, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I would like to be drinking a very dry red wine or high proof rye whisky and reading or painting or having deep conversations right now, but instead I am drinking a locally made uncarbonated ginger ale and writing up pen listings on the website.
Uncertain if I need a dozen roses and a handwritten love letter, new hardcover books, or a long nap, but I'm going to start with the nap.
February 11, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Uncertain if I need a dozen roses and a handwritten love letter, new hardcover books, or a long nap, but I'm going to start with the nap.
Decouple decision making from production to reduce cogntive friction and preserve momentum integrity by minimizing mental mode switching, and consequently reduce the impact of environmental challenges on outcomes.
In other words:
The Board is Boss.
In other words:
The Board is Boss.
February 11, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Decouple decision making from production to reduce cogntive friction and preserve momentum integrity by minimizing mental mode switching, and consequently reduce the impact of environmental challenges on outcomes.
In other words:
The Board is Boss.
In other words:
The Board is Boss.
Me to my brain this morning:
"Okay, it's time to stop being sad and remember that we get to do work we love today."
You have not been practicing mindfulness and meditation for 25+ years to not use those skills, darling.
"Okay, it's time to stop being sad and remember that we get to do work we love today."
You have not been practicing mindfulness and meditation for 25+ years to not use those skills, darling.
February 11, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Me to my brain this morning:
"Okay, it's time to stop being sad and remember that we get to do work we love today."
You have not been practicing mindfulness and meditation for 25+ years to not use those skills, darling.
"Okay, it's time to stop being sad and remember that we get to do work we love today."
You have not been practicing mindfulness and meditation for 25+ years to not use those skills, darling.
Officially time to quit working for the day. Everything has started to feel like heartbreak and despair and that's my body's sign it's done.
Because we can't have normal signals around here, noooo. We have to be ✨ dramatic. ✨
Because we can't have normal signals around here, noooo. We have to be ✨ dramatic. ✨
February 11, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Officially time to quit working for the day. Everything has started to feel like heartbreak and despair and that's my body's sign it's done.
Because we can't have normal signals around here, noooo. We have to be ✨ dramatic. ✨
Because we can't have normal signals around here, noooo. We have to be ✨ dramatic. ✨
I'm just a pen maker, standing in front of an electrolysis vat, asking it to plate the caps.
February 10, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I'm just a pen maker, standing in front of an electrolysis vat, asking it to plate the caps.
Urgent vet visit for Sirius this morning. Just a UTI, thankfully, nothing terminal. (He's 12, and we lost one doggo a couple years back to silent cancer.)
February 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Urgent vet visit for Sirius this morning. Just a UTI, thankfully, nothing terminal. (He's 12, and we lost one doggo a couple years back to silent cancer.)
Still life of one section of a workbench. The copper life cycle of the new metal fountain pen caps. First half, there's a second round of plating after the electroforming.
Soundtrack today: G Yamazawa - Shouts to Durham and Time Is Money, both albums.
Soundtrack today: G Yamazawa - Shouts to Durham and Time Is Money, both albums.
February 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Still life of one section of a workbench. The copper life cycle of the new metal fountain pen caps. First half, there's a second round of plating after the electroforming.
Soundtrack today: G Yamazawa - Shouts to Durham and Time Is Money, both albums.
Soundtrack today: G Yamazawa - Shouts to Durham and Time Is Money, both albums.
Embracing my typos and occasional punctuation errors as proof I'm not using AI to create any of my content.
All mine, y'all, all mine, start to finish.
Not that anyone had any doubts. 😂
All mine, y'all, all mine, start to finish.
Not that anyone had any doubts. 😂
February 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Embracing my typos and occasional punctuation errors as proof I'm not using AI to create any of my content.
All mine, y'all, all mine, start to finish.
Not that anyone had any doubts. 😂
All mine, y'all, all mine, start to finish.
Not that anyone had any doubts. 😂
Giggling and listening to Youngest chastise our old man, Sirius, who is currently standing in the shower, covered in mud:
"Bubby, did you *roll in it?* You diiiiid, you knoooow better, come here. :sigh: Look at the water, it's black. Bubby, what did you get yourself into?"
"Bubby, did you *roll in it?* You diiiiid, you knoooow better, come here. :sigh: Look at the water, it's black. Bubby, what did you get yourself into?"
February 6, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Giggling and listening to Youngest chastise our old man, Sirius, who is currently standing in the shower, covered in mud:
"Bubby, did you *roll in it?* You diiiiid, you knoooow better, come here. :sigh: Look at the water, it's black. Bubby, what did you get yourself into?"
"Bubby, did you *roll in it?* You diiiiid, you knoooow better, come here. :sigh: Look at the water, it's black. Bubby, what did you get yourself into?"
Aw, he wants "coffee or something, sometime" with me.
Another one wanted minimum two hours on a week night for his 300 views podcast.
My good sirs, do you know how many people would like some of my time? I WOULD LIKE SOME OF IT FOR MYSELF, EVEN.
Your wanting it is not enough of a reason for me.
Another one wanted minimum two hours on a week night for his 300 views podcast.
My good sirs, do you know how many people would like some of my time? I WOULD LIKE SOME OF IT FOR MYSELF, EVEN.
Your wanting it is not enough of a reason for me.
February 6, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Aw, he wants "coffee or something, sometime" with me.
Another one wanted minimum two hours on a week night for his 300 views podcast.
My good sirs, do you know how many people would like some of my time? I WOULD LIKE SOME OF IT FOR MYSELF, EVEN.
Your wanting it is not enough of a reason for me.
Another one wanted minimum two hours on a week night for his 300 views podcast.
My good sirs, do you know how many people would like some of my time? I WOULD LIKE SOME OF IT FOR MYSELF, EVEN.
Your wanting it is not enough of a reason for me.
16 hours at 225F.
Bone-in, pork.
Karo syrup (seriously)
Salt
Garlic & onion powder
Cumin
MSG
Ground clove
Sweet wood blend in the smoker.
Protein for three adults for at least a few days.
Bone-in, pork.
Karo syrup (seriously)
Salt
Garlic & onion powder
Cumin
MSG
Ground clove
Sweet wood blend in the smoker.
Protein for three adults for at least a few days.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
16 hours at 225F.
Bone-in, pork.
Karo syrup (seriously)
Salt
Garlic & onion powder
Cumin
MSG
Ground clove
Sweet wood blend in the smoker.
Protein for three adults for at least a few days.
Bone-in, pork.
Karo syrup (seriously)
Salt
Garlic & onion powder
Cumin
MSG
Ground clove
Sweet wood blend in the smoker.
Protein for three adults for at least a few days.
Decided tonight was a good time to clean my small personal fountain pen collection.
Bonus: Bebe (yellow) next to a Parker (blue), for scale.
Bonus: Bebe (yellow) next to a Parker (blue), for scale.
February 6, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Decided tonight was a good time to clean my small personal fountain pen collection.
Bonus: Bebe (yellow) next to a Parker (blue), for scale.
Bonus: Bebe (yellow) next to a Parker (blue), for scale.
I keep an open canvas (an unfinished painting, basically) on the studio wall.
Whenever I'm filtering electrolysis vats (slow work), need a break from the white backgrounds of pen image editing, or am stuck and can't actively think my way through a problem...
I paint.
Whenever I'm filtering electrolysis vats (slow work), need a break from the white backgrounds of pen image editing, or am stuck and can't actively think my way through a problem...
I paint.
February 5, 2026 at 10:07 PM
I keep an open canvas (an unfinished painting, basically) on the studio wall.
Whenever I'm filtering electrolysis vats (slow work), need a break from the white backgrounds of pen image editing, or am stuck and can't actively think my way through a problem...
I paint.
Whenever I'm filtering electrolysis vats (slow work), need a break from the white backgrounds of pen image editing, or am stuck and can't actively think my way through a problem...
I paint.
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February 4, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I will be kind. I will be kind. I will be kind. I will be kind.
February 4, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I will be kind. I will be kind. I will be kind. I will be kind.
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Finally some good news
February 4, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Finally some good news
/consigned
New rule: You tell me to get my stress levels down, you send me $150 so I can afford the resources to do so.
Thanks.
Thanks.
February 4, 2026 at 6:49 AM
/consigned
When you're THISCLOSE to figuring something out and chemistry says it actually can't wait until tomorrow. So I am just sitting here watching vats of electrified acid at 12.30am.
But hey, at least my hair looks good?
Also, please clap, I actually full-smiled on camera. 😂
But hey, at least my hair looks good?
Also, please clap, I actually full-smiled on camera. 😂
February 4, 2026 at 5:42 AM
When you're THISCLOSE to figuring something out and chemistry says it actually can't wait until tomorrow. So I am just sitting here watching vats of electrified acid at 12.30am.
But hey, at least my hair looks good?
Also, please clap, I actually full-smiled on camera. 😂
But hey, at least my hair looks good?
Also, please clap, I actually full-smiled on camera. 😂