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 (18)
carlx
Wonderful composition!!! Postwork too! Excellent done!!!
CarolSassy
That's a very cool texture! It does age the details. Fantastic piece! (:
Jennyfnf
Great stuff. Reminds me of something found at Roswell, wonderfully atmosphewric Ed:-)
Xantipa
Super, really super work. Eva
Juliette.Gribnau
outstanding !! schitterende textuur, pakkende kleuren en het geheel is fascinerend ! Ik zou deze graag aan de muur hebben hangen ! Deze gaat bij mijn favorieten
Fractelaar
Knap stukje werk Ed heel mooie texture effects zachtjes aan word het steeds complexer :-) Mooi dat je zoveel expirimenteert 5+++
XoxoTree
Excellent texteure and strong design. Excellent , I loove it. :)
farmerC
Ontzettend mooi werk, Ed. Een van je betere.
grinagog
Nice find ;D Nice work!
da_mar
Outstanding beauty.Wonderful texture and composition.Ida
Redshift
Prachtige fractal, kleur en textures zijn wonderschoon!
mansco
Wpnderful work, I love it's texture work ;O)
leonie
Wow this is great Ed! Hope you're having a nice holiday season! :D
VDH
Knap werk! Inderdaad Ed! Heel mooie geacentueerde structuur!Mooi effect door de verschillende lichtinval!!
Richardphotos
the texture really stands out to me
bpclarke
The texture and lighting on this compliments the design excellently. Beautifully done. Bunny
Rykk
WHOA! Some of the best Voronoi texturing I've ever seen. What depth!
eras50
Striking texture, it feels as if I could touch it. The colour-range and light-shadow interplay are excellent.