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
Salma draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Levi draws this one.
Three-star field
Nadia draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Karim draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Adam draws this one.
Octagon and cross
Rosa draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Noel draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Iris draws this one.
Three-star field
Mira draws this one.
Handed weave
Maya draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Marco draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Sofia draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Sara draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Clara draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Anas draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Yusuf draws this one.
Tenfold quasi-periodic
Rania draws this one.
Honeycomb lattice
Rashid draws this one.
Three-star field
Ivan draws this one.
Six-pointed field
Yasmin draws this one.
Six-pointed field