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 (21)
Juliette.Gribnau
mooie spiraal, en erg leuk met die bloemetjes erbij, het echte fractal-werk !
CarolSassy
Yeah, what Juliette said! lol q-: Wonderful metallics 'n' lighting! Gorgeous details! Excellent work! (:
farmerC
Fijn werk om naar te kijken. mooie aandrijfas.
mansco
Really nice and origunal, Ed. Love how the spirals goes through the axle ;O)
daffodilbaggins
Nice coloring, especially that blue, and great texture as well!
annie5
Looks like in metal..splendid design and colors! Original work :)
Eleandras
Beautiful image!
Dindin
Ja dat ziet er echt mechanics uit .Mooi gedaan Ed .Ik zou het wel eens in actie willen zien .
amota99517
Very nice work!!! Love the colors.
carlx
Gorgeous golden touch in the blue ground!!!
fractalinda
Beautiful mechanics! A powerful image.
bpclarke
Beautiful structured design. Very nice colors and geometry. Bunny
Lipa
Excellent 3D contraption and perspective.
SSoffia
MAGNIFICENT COMPOSITION :)
VDH
Origineel, mooi 3D effect! Excellent!
NekhbetSun
Lovely !
FracJay
Fantastic spiral form, great texturing too and the colour is very nice!
highcrow
Beautiful! love the intricate inner spiral!!
miincdesign
This has some really cool spirals in it. Very nice choice of colors!! Great jobs!!
afugatt
Fantastic!
mps
Excellent creation.