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 317No. 3
Flora
one dedication · Twelve-pointed star
abjad 44No. 1
Azul
one dedication · Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Noel draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Maya draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Tariq draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Rania draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Otto draws this one.
Twelve-pointed star
Lina draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Zara draws this one.
Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Sara draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Anas draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Idris draws this one.
Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Rashid draws this one.
Three-star field
Clara draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Hana draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Karim draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Levi draws this one.
Three-star field
Ziad draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Amir draws this one.
Handed weave
Omar draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Nadia draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Sofia draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Layla draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic