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
Layla draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Yasmin draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Adam draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Salma draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Rashid draws this one.
Three-star field
Noel draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Levi draws this one.
Three-star field
Otto draws this one.
Twelve-pointed star
Elena draws this one.
Handed weave
Noor draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Dina draws this one.
Dodecagon rosette
Amir draws this one.
Handed weave
Sofia draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Ziad draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Lina draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Zara draws this one.
Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Ivan draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Idris draws this one.
Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Tariq draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Anas draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Bilal draws this one.
Eightfold quasi-periodic