Stationery squad, assemble! In an organized and pleasing fashion! 🤗✒️✒️✒️ https://t.co/La4PHpIJIG
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 21, 2021
Thanks to reader @prettypreciouspumpkin for tipping us off to the AMA (ask me anything) with AOC (US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez). She showed off her three favorite pens and as a fellow lefty, we couldn’t agree more with her selections. All three pens have, at some point, made my top 5 lists. I just have WAY more top five lists when it comes to pens than she does.
Pens:
- What’s the fountain pen equivalent of the quartz watch? (via UK fountain pens)
- Tamenuri from AP Limited Editions – the ecstasy of enlightenment (via Inked Happiness)
- Scribo Piuma Impressione with EEF nib — three reviews in one (via UK fountain pens)
- Pen Review: Ferris Wheel Press Brush Fountain Pen (Gold-Plated Sandcastle Clay) (via Macchiato Man)Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age Fountain Pen (via FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
- Life as a nib-size nomad (via mnmlscholar)
- The TWSBI Swipe (via Left Hook Pens)
Inks:
- Ink Overview: Esterbrook Inks Part 1 (Cobalt Blue, Ebony, Evergreen and Scarlet) (via Macchiato Man)
- Waterman Audacious Red (via Mountain of Ink)
- Color Traveler Kotohira Happy Yellow (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
Pencils:
- Review: ShinHan Touch Graphite Drawing Set (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- Pencils! (via Nero’s Notes)
Paper + Notebooks:
- Moleskine Winter 2021 Catalog: A Tale of Discontinued Notebooks (via Writing at Large)
- TRAVELER’S notebook at San Francisco Pen Show 2021 (via TRAVELER’S COMPANY USA)
- Stálogy Paper: My Thoughts, Two Months In (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Update: 2021 Tomoe River Paper Changes with Endless Notebooks (via Pen Chalet Blog)
- Getting to Know the Nomi Notebook (via Penquisition)
Art + Creativity:
- Why I Love Sketchbooks and How I Use Them in My Art Practice (via My Giant Strawberry)
- My LGA2021 Sketches Part 3: My Greenwood Journal (via Liz Steel)
- State of the Art: Gel Window Clings (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
Other Interesting Things:
- Seven Origami Animals Transform New York City’s Garment District into a Vibrant Menagerie (via Colossal)
- With a Denver Location, Meow Wolf Expands Its Immersive Schtick (via Hyperallergic)
- “Caffeine Was an Amazing Aid to the Rise of Capitalism” (via Kottke.org)
- Message Monsters Will Deliver Smiles, Not Scares (via USPS Newsroom)
- Travel with TRAVELER’S notebook to Partner Shops – The Paper Seahorse (via TRAVELER’S COMPANY USA)
- Inside My Pen Case with April Wu from The Stationery Cafe (via Yoseka Stationery)
- Fountain Pen Companion – Not Just For Ink Addicts (via The Pen Addict)
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