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 (27)
carlx
Superb abstract forms and texture!!!
farmerC
Vind dit een van je mooiere uit deze serie.
Juliette.Gribnau
fantastisch !!! gefeliciteerd met dit geweldige stuk werk !!
FractaliaNo1
Wonderful in design and gradients!
Lipa
Excellent depth and colours. And texture.
VDH
Prachtige textures en kleuren Ed!
novelist
Love the shapes and texture. Very classical looking.
renderix
cool work!
NekhbetSun
This is really cool !
fractalbeke
Ja hoor Ed, zoals Julette het zegt...van hieruit ook mijn bewondering voor dit stukkie fractalkunde.
missouri
WOnderful image, amazing texturing, colors and shapes for a terrific abstract.
daffodilbaggins
YAY! Good for you, Ed! (and good for us too, as now we can use them!) This is a great piece, and that texturing is fantastic! Very well done! runs to go update her formulas in UF!
annie5
Texture and colors are superb Ed! i like it a lot..very well done :)
mountmous
Ha, eindelijk! ^_^ Well done, Ed. And this is a wonderful piece of work. Is the texture also from your formula? That really looks smashing.
fractalinda
Oh those textures! Outstanding work!
claude19
SPLENDID with this UNBELIEVABLE texture and tones !!!
Zooreka_
I Saw this - and having finally gotten the fornula downoaded I recognized the piece straight away. Lovely work Ed - and for a texture Junke like Me I will have a lot of fun playing with this one :) Thank You! -Zoo
CarolSassy
This is gorgeous! I can't wait to play with the formulas. Thanks Ed! Excellence! (:
erlandpil
Good one again erland
Fractelaar
Interresting texturework
amota99517
Beautiful design work!!!!
bpclarke
Gorgeous creation! Splendid textures and design. Bunny
leanndra
Oh ED, this is amazing, really love it Lea
Eleandras
Beautiful abstract image!!!!!
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afugatt
This is fantastic!
three_grrr
simply stunning piece with an industrial feel to it! Awesome!!