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 (31)
Juliette.Gribnau
wow.... wow....wow !
NekhbetSun
Fantastic creation !
meico
This is simply stunning! Mike
daffodilbaggins
This one really caught my eye, Ed! I know what you mean about Jock's formulas--I too have had trouble figuring them out, but on those occasions where there has been success, it's been a real "wow"! You obviously have found out how to use them now, and are doing well--I'd love to see more from you in this style, as I think it suits you! Great job!
Fractelaar
Interresting design Special the 3d feel is real cool Great color choiche too
FracJay
Wow it looks like it's stacked up. my first thought was of boxes being stacked up...Nice fractal play Ed!
wannes
Origineel en uitstekend gebruik van fractal!!! Excellent work of art!! -R5-
bakapo
very cool. like boxes or books. very interesting work!
Henny31
super creative abstract with wonderful colors. ( DE blokkendoos is weer te voorschijn gekomen.;-))
carlx
Excellent composition, Ed!!!
Chromotron
beautiful Abstract ! and very nice choice of colors !
annie5
Cool..very cool.I like this original design! :)
fractalinda
A cool, striking and excellent result!
VDH
Originele fractal!
Eleandras
Beautiful image and the colors are superb!
three_grrr
Oh WOW! this is awesome! You really have it figured out nicely now! you will play with this formula some more and post more of these, right??? Please??
clydedough
Very intrigueing-super stuff!
farmerC
Exellent werk Ed.
debz
Excelent fractal! Love the 3D design! Great work!
ulliroyal
drven2tears, thank you, i see there is still so much potential in that formula to come to surprising results, Great fractal!
bpclarke
Fabulous! Gorgeous work and dedi! Bunny
amota99517
Absolutely fantastic work with the forms and colors. This is a stunning art piece and such a great dedication.
afugatt
This is really stunning! I love it! I hope to see more.
Harmen
SCH1TT3R3ND, PV1K W3RK!
Dinhi
I really like this allot ED!
novelist
Gorgeous! This reminds me of a metal sculpture.
kansas
Amazing!
dinner
Interessante vormgeving, Ad ! Geweldige kleuren gebruikt :-)
ainsoph_00
cool abstract !
mountmous
Had deze eerder gemist. Leuk dat je aan het experimenteren bent met deze formule. Mooi textuur en kleuren. Lijkt haast alsof een dubbel spiegelei over een stapel blokken wordt uitgeserveerd ^_^