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Jason
@jasonlowrey.bsky.social
(He/they Pan/queer) Herein lies writing, reading, and fountain pens. Pretty much in that order. With a splash of tea.

I make jewelry: hootowlcreations.com
Caught a good bit of sunset on clouds when I was talking to dinner with a friend last night.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Fountain Pen Day has fallen on N7 Day.

So, to celebrate:

“I’m Commander Shepherd, and this is my favorite stationery store on the Citadel.”

And bonus Lamy Dark Lilac (2024) sheen photos.
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Played around with some tiny metal beads and some smaller rings to create a smaller version of my ribbon earrings. They’re cute! #chainmail #jewelry #handmade
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The 75ml bottle of Diamine 160th Anniversary Ink really has the heft of a small brick. I forget how heavy it is because it doesn’t have the width of the Pilot Iroshizuku bottles, for example, but it’s a stout bottle all by itself.
November 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Oh. Ohhhhh I like this. I think a 24mm macro lens is about to become my best photography friend. #chainmail #jewelry
November 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My latest finished commission is a trans pride bracelet. Truly, I love making these. #pride #chainmail
October 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I made the video. I don’t hate it, so I’m running with this. (Also, voice reveal, I suppose?)

Seriously, though, this is important because once I make a bracelet it is sized. I want people to be able to wear a commissioned piece from the moment it arrives. #chainmail #jewelry
October 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I love Pennonia ink bottles because they’re solid, heft pieces of glass. It’s like the polar opposite of a Robert Oster bottle. The color is very pretty, too.
October 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I’m always in favor of backgrounds that aren’t plain white. It’s why I used a light tan fabric with a sheening finish for mine.
October 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The janky photo setup worked! I think I need to get a 40mm macro lens with an autofocus, but I’m making this work for now. #jewelry #chainmail
October 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I have a softbox I bought more than 10 years ago when I started out shooting jewelry. It wasn’t cooperating.

I opened the blinds, stuck a piece of paper over my desk lamp, and started taking photos. I’ll edit them in 20 minutes and I hope they’re good.

Felt janky, but if it works it works.
October 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
For example, this looked acceptable on the camera monitor and it’s okay here or on my phone, but on a computer monitor the focus is all out of wack.

However, I got some decent shots and it’s all For The Aesthetic on the website anyway. #jewelry #chainmail
October 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
#LGBTQWriteAThon

It’s my group of queer friends, queer writer comrades, and the stationery community. I got to see friends at the writers conference a couple of weeks ago and it helped me feel better. I had dinner with a friend last night and it was great. And y’all on here are great. Thank you!
October 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Oh the things we do in the fountain pen hobby.

The ink level in the bottle was too low for the nib, or just the converter, to draw anything. I got out my Inkmeiser and a blunt syringe to ink my new pen. I don’t like syringe-filling a converter because then the nib isn’t primed. So I did this.
October 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I made this bracelet last week and I’ve fallen so in love with this weave that I just spent another $100 on rings so I can make more in different colors.

I’ve got so many beads I’m comping at the bit to use. This is exciting!! #jewelry #chainmail
September 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The clouds were particularly pretty tonight when I got home.
August 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Florence + the Machine is bringing the energy I need for work this morning. Because, yes, everybody scream.
August 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“I don’t care what anyone says, I LOVE that movie.”
August 29, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I’m revising the first four chapters of my novella, True Hate’s First Kiss, today and I’m using a Jinhao 92 inked with Sailor Irori.

The 92 is a Graf von Faber-Castell knockoff that’s the closest I’ll get to the Bentley pens. The EF nib is nail-hard, which I love, and Irori is a lovely warm red.
August 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
New fountain pen day! It’s a Ranga Zayante from Peyton Street pens in a gorgeous blue, grey, and black ebonite. This has a cursive smooth italic medium nib, and I love it. I’ve never used a smooth italic before and this won’t be my last.
August 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Mowing the overgrown yard in the full Georgia sun means I’m the Lavender Bandit today.
August 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I spent tonight reading this and drinking ginger tea. It’s been a lovely time
August 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It took me longer than expected to make this lesbian pride earring and bracelet set in a Byzantine weave, but I’m really happy with the results. It’s pretty! I like using these 7/32” 16 SWG rings for the Byzantine weave because it’s pleasingly chonky. #chainmail #jewelry #handmade
August 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Went to a Kinokuniya yesterday with a friend and bought a pink Kakuno for my Con-70. The converter actually works pretty well and can hold ink. [insert dramatic gasp] This M stainless steel nib sounds like a Sailor nib when I write, and I love that. The smiley face is cute, too, it must be said.
August 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Part of the fun, for me, with chainmail is figuring out patterns in different weaves. A friend asked me to make an ace pride necklace for her sister. At first I had the idea to make it with a Byzantine weave, but then decided box weave was better.
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July 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM