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 (19)
carlx
What a wonderful beans! :) Fantastic composition and colors!!! I love it!!!
Juliette.Gribnau
lovely beans; title fits perfect, although some beans have the shape of hearts...so I would call it : love-beans
CarolSassy
Beans they are! Lovely shapes 'n' textures! I think there are a few pieces of popcorn there as well! You must have popped some up while you were creating the beans! lol q-: Fantastic image! (:
XoxoTree
I felt floating in a dream then saw the beans...lol maybe asleep in a bean bag chair. :)I love this.
farmerC
Dit is weer een hele fijne, ED.
leonie
Very cool, Ed! :D
Dindin
Wat een leuke is dit Ed . sommige van die bonen hebben kleine figuurtjes (poppetjes) die zou ik wel eens uitvergroot willen zien .
Henny31
very special one.. beans or home made beads with a lovely smoothe texture and very special design on them. Very nice indeed..
bpclarke
Magical pinto fractal beans. Excellent design and colors. Excellent fractal work. Bunny
MountainEd
Love the subtle coloring Ed. Gives me a craving for a cup of coffee.
annie5
Wonderful beans..Excellent shapes/texture ans colors! Excellent fractal work :)
dinner
Een stukje vakwerk en de naam Beans, heel toepasselijk. Excellent fractal work !
Xantipa
Wonderful fractal art. Bravo.
VDH
Titel is mooi gevonden! Ongelooflijk wat men allemaal met UF kan te voorschijn toveren! Excellent en origineel Ed!
npauling
This is different, super beans, would make a good necklace.
kansas
Very nice. I agree it would make a lovely necklace.
eras50
I love the design, simple and yet so lovely. The sepia colouring suits it wonderfully. A real necklace made of beans would look fantastic.
fractalinda
Cool focal design and composition. The flow is most appealing. Nice contrast, and I like the nuetral tones.
Lipa
I'd say pebbles. Necklace of pebbles. Beautiful.