Ed Algra, born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1930, now living near Rotterdam. My education was a technical one, I came by accident to artistry, although I always had much interest in art, photography and music.Â
I’m a retired chemical engineer, worked at a research institute on mechanical properties of plastics and composite materials. I heard of fractals for the first time in the late eighties, and then read the well known books of Prof. Hans Lauwerier and other authors on this subject. At that time I also attended a Fractal symposium at the Technical University Delft, where Benoît Mandelbrot and some other prominent authors revealed the secrets of this new mathematical world. The pictures they showed made an overwhelming impression. Years after that, after my retirement and the connection to the web in 2005, I discovered what had happened in the meantime, the birth of a new kind of art, based on fractal concepts. Then it became a creative hobby for me. Both the mathematical and the artistic side of it have my interest.  Especially Ultra Fractal offers the possibility to write your own fractal math codes, and I love it to do so. I started Renderosity uploading on instigation of Arend Nijdam, aka “Fractelaar†in September 2005.
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Comments (16)
lgmac
Just beautiful. Very unique.
ShadowsNTime
Wow Ed! This is wonderful! Very unique and really a lovely palette! Reminds me of pearls amd rhinestones:-) Super work!! Ty for your last visit and thank your wife for me to, much appreciated!!
maud
Very interesting creation..and great choice of colors! Unique fractal work..Very well done Ed! :)
Elf_7
Oh! Very beautiful, I LOVE the colours!!!
renderix
very beautiful fractal!
Fractelaar
Knappe tweeling en fijn borduurwerk Mooigien Ed ,dit is goed in balance
kansas
Very pretty. Looks like the bodice of a beautiful dress.
Arbelain
Impressive how artistic and jewell-look has this picture. Many congratus!
zoozee
Looks like some Beautiful jewelry - very elegant design :) .. Love the colors too ! Excellent work :)
sossy
you created a most beautiful colored jewelery with a perfect depth! ;o)
jockc
Really cool image!
Rykk
Cool fractal form!
fractalchemist
Hoe kan ik deze nou gemist hebben? En dan met die beti(e)teling????
DIANE603
Fabulous!! Exotic Dancer!!
Jennyfnf
Congratulations Ed making the FWW. Well deserved for this beauty.:-)))
mountmous
Gefeliciteerd Ed, een welverdiende plaats in de FWW. Oh, dat zei Jenny natuurlijk ook al ;-) Mooi!