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.ÂÂ
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 (25)
VDH
Originele kerstboom!Vrolijk kerstfeest!
Fractelaar
Orgineel feestelijk boompje Ed Fijne dagen gewenst met vrouw, kinderen en vrienden
Juliette.Gribnau
oh, wat een orginele kerstboom ! Heel fijne dagen Ed, ook voor Wil en familie
CarolSassy
Merry Christmas Ed! Gorgeous Christmas image! (:
jccj56
Awesome Image!!
carlx
What a Christmas beauty!!! Merry Christmas Ed!
amota99517
Wow! This is so great. Happy holidays to you too.
mansco
Merry Christmas, Ed! Very nice and creative ;O)
erlandpil
Thanks And merry christmas to you erland
afugatt
Very nice! Merry Christmas!
bpclarke
Gorgeous piece! You have created a fabulous tree for us. Splendid work. Bunny
claude19
A SPLENDID GIFT FOR US !!! GREAT THANKS !!!
mps
Very pretty tree.
Lipa
Beautiful presentation.
kansas
A very beautiful Christmas tree. Merry Christmas!
fractalinda
Clever, creative and beautiful! Merry Christmas, Ed!
clydedough
Nicely stripped and done!
FractaziaFractals
Clever original design,I really like it very much.
farmerC
Bijzonder mooi werk,ED. Achtergrond is een plaatje.
tresamie
Ohhhhhhhh lovely and well decorated! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
highcrow
Wonderful fractal tree..how very unique! Love it!
kareldg
Een hele mooie fractalboom. Te laat voor kerstwensen maar vast een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar.
katy555
Stunning creation, very beautiful light!
ShadowsNTime
Splendid creation! You have been very busy since I was last here, many beauties in your gallery! Happy New Year to you and yours! Lynn
three_grrr
Such a wonderous Christmas Tree, all beautifully decorated, ready for Chritmas!