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 44No. 1
Azul
one dedication · Twelvefold quasi-periodic
- abjad 529No. 2
Justin
one dedication · Great rosette
- abjad 317No. 3
Flora
one dedication · Twelve-pointed star
Lina draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Mira draws this one.
Handed weave
Iris draws this one.
Three-star field
Clara draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Bilal draws this one.
Eightfold quasi-periodic
Sami draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Ivan draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Hana draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Adam draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Otto draws this one.
Twelve-pointed star
Karim draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Yusuf draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Idris draws this one.
Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Amina draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Ziad draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Noor draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Felix draws this one.
Eight-pointed seal
Bruno draws this one.
Triangular web
Zara draws this one.
Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Tariq draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Salma draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic