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 529No. 2
Justin
one dedication · Great rosette
- abjad 317No. 3
Flora
one dedication · Twelve-pointed star
Omar draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Idris draws this one.
Twelvefold quasi-periodic
Layla draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Karim draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Tariq draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Hassan draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Sofia draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Amir draws this one.
Handed weave
Rashid draws this one.
Three-star field
Clara draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Salma draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Rania draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Sami draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Marco draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Noor draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Leila draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Hana draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Lina draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Dina draws this one.
Dodecagon rosette
Otto draws this one.
Twelve-pointed star
Mira draws this one.
Handed weave