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 (18)
VDH
Prachtig en origineel, zowel van design als van kleuren!
carlx
Very beautiful and unique composition with superb mood!!!
Fractelaar
Mooie sneeuwkristallen in orgineel and contra effect Fractal art eindeloos en uniek :-)
meico
Sadly, I don't understand any of your technical description - but I certainly understand that I enjoy the result. Mike
mansco
A splendid result, these formulas are really great ones ;O)
Eleandras
Very impressive image!
daffodilbaggins
Nice one, it looks like a forest, almost!
kansas
Very nice. There are hints of forests and even snowflakes in this image.
debz
Fantastic fractal! Super texture!
amota99517
Beautiful work!!!!
leanndra
A very amazing fractal Ed. Leann
npauling
Now that is different, and it has a painted look. Well done.
fractalinda
Cool design, great colors and a beautiful result!
afugatt
Wonderful design!
erlandpil
Wonderful design! Agree erland
farmerC
Heel mooi werk. Je ontwerp ademt een aparte sfeer uit.
NekhbetSun
I didn't quite get the intro, but lovely image....reminds me of fabric...well done !
three_grrr
Many,many years ago, when I was in grammar school, we did an art project using leaves. I don't remember much about it except that I used ferns and got a similar result. Yours, however is much more beautiful then mine was!