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 (22)
wannes
Original and creative use of fractal!! Great art... Uitstekend qua design en kleur, prachtig werk!
meico
"Original and creative use of fractal" ... I couldn't have said it better. Excellent work! Mike
Fractelaar
Heel mooi Ed het doet me denken aan een smyrna tafelkleedvloerkleed Voor een Barnsley....een redelijk ongebroken motief
NekhbetSun
Awesome ~
Autelius
Solid. Very pleasing.
mountmous
Heel mooi deze, Ed. Nou zit ik me toch af te vragen hoe je dat gedaan hebt ^_^ Looks wonderful.
daffodilbaggins
Now that's just COOL, Ed! I really like this--no one specific thing, just all of it's really well done!
missouri
Very nice, like lovely inlay work.
mansco
Very nice and creative ;O)
annie5
I like what you did here..very nice! Continue you have good result :)
afugatt
The pattern is gorgeous and I love the colors and textures.
carlx
Beautiful pattern and mood!!!
Juliette.Gribnau
schitterend.. het lijkt wel ingelegd.. ik heb een oud indonesisch kistje van hout met ivoor ingelegd, en daar doet dit heel sterk aan denken, mede door de textuur in de lichtere delen
VDH
Creatief en origineel!
bpclarke
Beautiful creation. Excellent art work. Love the wonderful subtle contrasts. Bunny
novelist
Beautiful colors and forms.
amota99517
Awesome work! Love your velvety brown and tan colors. This reminds me of a beautiful silk scarf.
clydedough
Very nice color and imagery.
Eleandras
Wonderful Texture!
fractalinda
Beautiful, excellent work, Ed.
kansas
This really caught my attention. Excellent colors, texture work, and design.
Rykk
Very cool design/pattern!