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
Layla draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Salma draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Sara draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Mira draws this one.
Handed weave
Anas draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Noor draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Yusuf draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Bruno draws this one.
Triangular web
Iris draws this one.
Three-star field
Omar draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Ziad draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Yasmin draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Idris draws this one.
Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Tariq draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Hana draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Adam draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Otto draws this one.
Twelve-pointed star
Rashid draws this one.
Three-star field
Noel draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Sofia draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Leila draws this one.
Six-pointed field