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 317No. 3
Flora
one dedication · Twelve-pointed star
- abjad 529No. 2
Justin
one dedication · Great rosette
- abjad 44No. 1
Azul
one dedication · Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Adam draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Idris draws this one.
Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Karim draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Rania draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Maya draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Omar draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Anas draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Sara draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Bilal draws this one.
Eightfold quasi-periodic
Felix draws this one.
Eight-pointed seal
Ziad draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Elena draws this one.
Handed weave
Layla draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Zara draws this one.
Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Iris draws this one.
Three-star field
Lina draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Yusuf draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Mira draws this one.
Handed weave
Clara draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Hana draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Tariq draws this one.
Six-pointed field