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 (31)
meico
An amazing, almost hypnotic image which draws you in inexorably. Hopefully, we won't meet the Minotaur! Mike
miwi
Klasse work,like it a lot!!!!!!!
dinner
Wow, een schoonheid van een fractal ! Maar laten wij niet verdwalen daar in ;-)
Fractelaar
Mooi doolhof Ed
NekhbetSun
Very unique and lovely ~
vxbob
Like the composition and colors
novelist
Perfect title for this. Lovely!
VDH
Originele doolhof!
daffodilbaggins
Love that color, and it's a really interesting use of Sierpinski!
janedj
Amazing fractal!!!
missouri
Nice work, I often think I'm lost in a labyrinth, yours is pretty.
annie5
I really like this one..unique/wonderful! :)
Morgana61
Bello e luminoso...very beautiful work!
carlx
Creative and superb job, Ed!!! Looks splendid!!!
mansco
Quite hypnotic, love it ;O)
leanndra
OMG! Ed, what an a maze ing fractal! Of all the fractals of yours that I have seen, I think this is my favorite! Wow! Lea
iceberg5
A most impressive and distinctive image !
vanbeuel
heel mooi uf ed!
-Josh-
Exceptional and excellent design with fantastic colors !! To look is great !!
clydedough
I think you discovered the secret of the pyramiddles!
spiegel428
Cool spiral!
Henny31
inderdaad een super interesting design.. Very intriguing.. Love it.
Eleandras
Very interesting image!
mountmous
Could get lost very easily in this maze. Mooi werk, Ed!
BloodFlowers
J'aime beaucoup cette composition ...excellent
bpclarke
OOooo, what wonderful eye candy this is! Gorgeous creation! Bunny
afugatt
Really awesome!!!
amota99517
Wow! This is totally awesome.
mel841
Beautiful!!
bragova
Lovely, intriguing!