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
Clara draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Ivan draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Hana draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Bruno draws this one.
Triangular web
Rashid draws this one.
Three-star field
Rania draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Adam draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Mira draws this one.
Handed weave
Maya draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Layla draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Noor draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Felix draws this one.
Eight-pointed seal
Ziad draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Iris draws this one.
Three-star field
Lina draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Sami draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Yusuf draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Omar draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Rosa draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Bilal draws this one.
Eightfold quasi-periodic
Yasmin draws this one.
Six-pointed field