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
Lina draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Felix draws this one.
Eight-pointed seal
Idris draws this one.
Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Hana draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Sara draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Levi draws this one.
Three-star field
Zara draws this one.
Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Noor draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Omar draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Ivan draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Iris draws this one.
Three-star field
Salma draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Elena draws this one.
Handed weave
Ziad draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Otto draws this one.
Twelve-pointed star
Yasmin draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Mira draws this one.
Handed weave
Amir draws this one.
Handed weave
Bruno draws this one.
Triangular web
Sofia draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Rania draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice