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 (22)
mansco
A splendid work, but I shall not put my fingers near ;O)
carlx
LOL: Elizabeth! Excellent composition with rich colors and details!!!
DukeNukem2005
This is a very beautiful! Very well done! Five stars!
CarolSassy
Lovely details 'n' colors! That center is so deep 'n' hypnotic! Excellent work! (:
VDH
Inderdaad! Heel mooi werk ED!Excellent kleurgebruik!
annie5
Great composition..lovely details and great choice of colors! Perfectly done :)
SSoffia
WWWeewwwwwwwww!!!!!!! AMASING DESIGN & BEAUTIFUL COMPOSITION , LOVE COLORS :)
bpclarke
This is gorgeous! I really like the colors and the design. Very creative. Bunny
Electralena
Excellent colours and design, Ed. Very beautiful piece!!!
afugatt
Beautiful!
mps
Beautiful creation.
amota99517
Cool design work!!!
Eleandras
Very interesting shape!
daffodilbaggins
That's a mighty pretty saw blade! Nice piece!
Juliette.Gribnau
mooie kleuren, en een heel apart kaleidoscopisch effect
highcrow
Beautiful! The color combinations are lovely! So brilliant!
saretta
Great geometry and amazing colors,looks like it's dangerous to touch but wonderful to see!!!:-)
jccj56
Awesome Image!!
farmerC
Met kleur en vorm is dit een topper. Bijzonder mooi.
kansas
A beautiful mandala. The center is very pretty.
miincdesign
Excellent work. Great coloring and composition.
three_grrr
Could be a fancy saw blade, but I'm seeing a quilt pattern here too!