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
Amir draws this one.
Handed weave
Hassan draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Otto draws this one.
Twelve-pointed star
Amina draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Clara draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Adam draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Nadia draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Noor draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Hana draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Iris draws this one.
Three-star field
Sara draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Noel draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Rashid draws this one.
Three-star field
Karim draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Ziad draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Elena draws this one.
Handed weave
Sofia draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Salma draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Omar draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Felix draws this one.
Eight-pointed seal
Maya draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice