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
Rashid draws this one.
Three-star field
Noor draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Karim draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Sofia draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Anas draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Yusuf draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Maya draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Ziad draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Marco draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Iris draws this one.
Three-star field
Lina draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Clara draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Otto draws this one.
Twelve-pointed star
Bruno draws this one.
Triangular web
Amir draws this one.
Handed weave
Ivan draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Leila draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Nadia draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Sara draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Rania draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Hana draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic