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
Dina draws this one.
Dodecagon rosette
Mira draws this one.
Handed weave
Otto draws this one.
Twelve-pointed star
Amir draws this one.
Handed weave
Iris draws this one.
Three-star field
Sofia draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Yasmin draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Yusuf draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Sami draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Hana draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Idris draws this one.
Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Adam draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Ivan draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Anas draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Leila draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Bilal draws this one.
Eightfold quasi-periodic
Noel draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Rashid draws this one.
Three-star field
Bruno draws this one.
Triangular web
Rosa draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Maya draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice