The gallery
Every pattern here began as a name. A name reads as a number, and the number draws the pattern — so two people writing in different alphabets can arrive at the same one. Where that happens they hang together.
3 so far.
- abjad 529No. 2
Justin
one dedication · Great rosette
- abjad 44No. 1
Azul
one dedication · Twelvefold quasi-periodic
- abjad 317No. 3
Flora
one dedication · Twelve-pointed star
Levi draws this one.
Three-star field
Leila draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Nadia draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Maya draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Sami draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Amina draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Dina draws this one.
Dodecagon rosette
Lina draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Salma draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Yasmin draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Elena draws this one.
Handed weave
Sara draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Mira draws this one.
Handed weave
Ivan draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Hana draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Tariq draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Marco draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Rosa draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Layla draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Karim draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Ziad draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice