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 317No. 3
Flora
one dedication · Twelve-pointed star
abjad 529No. 2
Justin
one dedication · Great rosette
Rosa draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Hana draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Nadia draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Ivan draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Levi draws this one.
Three-star field
Layla draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Dina draws this one.
Dodecagon rosette
Sofia draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Adam draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Otto draws this one.
Twelve-pointed star
Hassan draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Tariq draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Karim draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Elena draws this one.
Handed weave
Noor draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Amir draws this one.
Handed weave
Rashid draws this one.
Three-star field
Leila draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Noel draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Iris draws this one.
Three-star field
Salma draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic