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 (26)
mountmous
Something for a 3D-book. Je hebt de Sierpi's mooi uitgelijnd. Well done!
BloodFlowers
Très bel effet Sierpinski
Fractelaar
Grappige dieptewerking in het bovenstuk interresant totaal plaatje
erlandpil
Very good work again my friends erland
VDH
Origineel en creatief werk!
meico
Subtle colours help to alleviate the somewhat [pleasantly] disorientating op-art effect. So much inherent motion, beautifully constrained. Mike
novelist
Great concept. Love the colors.
Juliette.Gribnau
dat techno-werk ziet er veelbelovend, maar alleszins ingewikkeld uit ! Knap werk
daffodilbaggins
Well done! It's like a long flight of cement steps, leading to who-knows-where! The title is quite appropriate too.
farmerC
ED, ik vind het een Juweel.
FracJay
Didn't need to close one eye to see the depth Ed, can see it right off the bat, great fractal illusion!
annie5
Great concept and idea Ed! very creative and original 5* :)
e-brink
Stunning image!
Fidelity2
Good job. 5+.
leanndra
Ed, A wonderfully constructed fractal! Outstanding depth and I love a sierpinski! Lea
ElizaB
very impressive
vxbob
Wonderful.
bpclarke
Simple, yet complex. Great use of textures and colors. Bunny
Lipa
Nice combination of soft textures.
clifftoppler
I like the composition, the subdued colouring, and the richness of meaning hidden within the picture. Rather than a vanishing point. I see a sparking point, and I have to relate my understanding to that at the moment. Pictures make their own conversations.
Electralena
Interesting and beautiful composition, wonderful lighting.Well done, Ed!!!
SSoffia
EXCELLENT DESIGN, COLORS & BEAUTIFUL !!!!!
afugatt
Awesome!
fractalinda
Very cool geo design, and I like the lovely coloring.
Eleandras
Wonderful work!
npauling
I love the textures here and the depth, lovely work.