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 317No. 3
Flora
one dedication · Twelve-pointed star
abjad 44No. 1
Azul
one dedication · Twelvefold quasi-periodic
abjad 529No. 2
Justin
one dedication · Great rosette
Ziad draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Rania draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Levi draws this one.
Three-star field
Zara draws this one.
Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Yusuf draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Karim draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Ivan draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Otto draws this one.
Twelve-pointed star
Marco draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Clara draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Iris draws this one.
Three-star field
Tariq draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Anas draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Noel draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Rashid draws this one.
Three-star field
Noor draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Maya draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Idris draws this one.
Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Hana draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Adam draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Yasmin draws this one.
Six-pointed field