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 529No. 2
Justin
one dedication · Great rosette
- abjad 44No. 1
Azul
one dedication · Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Lina draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Ziad draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Sara draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Hana draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Rashid draws this one.
Three-star field
Rosa draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Omar draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Yasmin draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Sami draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Ivan draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Iris draws this one.
Three-star field
Amina draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Adam draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Clara draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Leila draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Bilal draws this one.
Eightfold quasi-periodic
Marco draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Noor draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Tariq draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Maya draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Felix draws this one.
Eight-pointed seal