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)
vxbob
Excellent
Fractelaar
Je bent lekker bezig met expirimenteren merk ik grappig dat transparant effect
NekhbetSun
Intriguing and well done image ~
meico
Wow ... this is really stunning - the combined images work really well together. Excellent, my friend! Mike
daali
beautiful Ed!!
VDH
Prachtige en originele compositie!
mel841
Great work on this one!
novelist
Lovely design. I like the rays of light and the combination of the patterns and colors is so effective.
missouri
Interesting design, quite effective
Juliette.Gribnau
weer een heel boeiende uitvoering.. doet een beetje aan een quilt/wandkleed denken
carlx
Superb job, Ed!!! Love it!!!
bpclarke
This is amazing Ed! I love the contrasting textures and patterns in this. Magnificent work. Bunny
leanndra
Ed, This knocks my socks off! Very beautiful as well as the other version! Leann
debz
Excellent work! Super design, colour and textures!
CarolSassy
Fantastic 3D-look! Wonderful textures 'n' metallics! Excellent work! (:
npauling
This is very beautiful and the background textures look great too.
mansco
Really impresive, wondrful picture ;O)
iceberg5
Amazing cathedral-like depth and spaciousness in this masterful image !
farmerC
Rustig in laten werken, en dan heb je een juweel.
afugatt
Fantastic!
ElizaB
very dynamic creation
amota99517
Stunning work!!!
Eleandras
Fantastic work!
bragova
Superb!!
three_grrr
And if I choose the trail to the left, where will it take me? Ah, well, it is a beautiful trail, so I'll follow it a ways and see where it takes me. If all of life were as lovely as this labyrinth, what a joy that would be!
Lipa
Very different from version 1. Excellent (both).