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 (22)
cjgrove83
Beautiful, rich color! CJ
carlx
Amazing composition, Ed!!! Fantastic colors, lights and texture!!!
CarolSassy
Very beautiful golden, textured details! Nice depth! Excellent work! (:
fractalinda
I love the result. Super design and texure. Beautiful!
annie5
Looks like precious..love your magnific texture and colors! :)
mansco
Lovely design and textures ;O)
Electralena
Fabulous work!!!
Juliette.Gribnau
golden shiny indeed... lovely pattern as well..love the textures in the soft yellow pieces
miwi
Klasse composition,super colours and texture!!!!!!!
daali
beautiful metal ED!!
Lipa
Well done.
madcatter
Gorgeous! Like old brass openwork...stunning!
Rykk
Killer form! I especially like the texturing - cool stUFf!
amota99517
This is beautiful. Such intricate and wonderful patterns. A most lovely and excellent render.
afugatt
This is gorgeous! I love it!
Xantipa
Oh..so beauty..++5
saretta
Wonderful and precious like a metallic ancient artefact,splendid!!:-)
VDH
Prachtige textures en kleuren! Excellent 3D effect! Super Ed!!*****
maria4scott
Great work, i love this render.
three_grrr
Love the interweavings of this, and the texture. Looks like something old, something antique!
pops
Brilliant colors and design
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