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 (26)
meico
Conventional or not, it caught my eye. Caramel and cream - good enough to eat! Mike
NekhbetSun
Beautifully done !!!
eraline
Good creation,AAA+
missouri
Great sense of movement and textures here, very nice.
miincdesign
This is awesome. Great colors and wonderful design. Nicely done!!
Henny31
Heel apart Ed, I herken het postwerk, maakt het erg mooi.
daffodilbaggins
You got THIS from THAT formula?! WOW, Ed! You're better at using that formula than I am, if you can find spirals in it! Bravo!
bakapo
this is cool. I love the wavy effects.
erlandpil
Very nice image again erland
novelist
I love the color combination in this. To me, it looks like an elaborate or even sacred sand painting.
Fractelaar
Leuk patroon mooi als vloerkleed lijkt wel satineerwerk
VDH
Volledig akkoord met Henny!
carlx
Excellent spiral, colors and presentation, Ed!!!
Fidelity2
Wow. Perfect.
mansco
I like that effect. Cool design ;O)
leanndra
What a beauy Ed. I agree with Mike. It makes me think of caramel and cream too. I also really like the sandy texture too. Lea
clydedough
Cool spiral...it WOGGLES!
afugatt
Very amazing and beautiful result!
bpclarke
Hey, Bob stole my word woggles. It does make your eyes woggle. Reminds me of a sand painting because of the textures. Excellent work. Bunny
fractalinda
Yes- like a sand painting. Love the colors, texture and sense of dimension and motion. Excellent!
amota99517
Beautiful work!!! This looks like a sand painting.
Morgana61
Bellissima spirale...very beautiful work!
Harmen
M001 G3D44N Z3G!
dinner
Een decoraief zand patroon ! Gweldig, Ed :-))
Eleandras
Amazing texture, looks like was drawing in the sand.
Lipa
Excellent vibrations.