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
Otto draws this one.
Twelve-pointed star
Yasmin draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Yusuf draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Noel draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Tariq draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Mira draws this one.
Handed weave
Maya draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Omar draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Anas draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Iris draws this one.
Three-star field
Lina draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Dina draws this one.
Dodecagon rosette
Sara draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Bruno draws this one.
Triangular web
Clara draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Nadia draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Amina draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Elena draws this one.
Handed weave
Levi draws this one.
Three-star field
Karim draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Hana draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic