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)
CarolSassy
Beautiful metallics! Love the colors 'n' lighting! Pretty, hazy center form! Gorgeous 'n' mysterious! (:
Fractelaar
Nice mirror effect cool symetricy
Juliette.Gribnau
de titel vat dit werk in een woord samen.. zeer dynamisch!
carlx
Powerful and fantastic composition, Ed!!!
fractalbeke
Mooi glimmend metaaleffect. Jouw twee-lagenfractal oogt zeer fraai.
NekhbetSun
Lovely image S
ledwolorz
Beautiful work.
melevos
P R A C H T I G !!!!!!!!!!!
VDH
Prachtig werk!Mooi "glowing effect"!
mel841
Excellent work!
missouri
Basics are usually very beautiful, I think, your's certainly is.
wannes
Knap diepte effect in deze, mooi werk!
novelist
Lovely shiny metallic look to this. Beautiful.
annie5
Love the metallic texture..very pretty! Gorgeous fractal work :)
Henny31
excellent depth to this one and super elegant smooth coloring.
Titia
Energieke compositie. Mooie kleuren.
leanndra
Well Ed, "Basically" this is so elegant and striking!
bpclarke
A gorgeous broach! Splendid and elegant work. Bunny
rj2650
Really beautiful. Great job.
amota99517
How neat! This is very ornate looking and so lovely.
SSoffia
BEAUTIFUL DESIGN & IMAGE :)
mansco
Lovely shines my friend ;O)
farmerC
Ed, dit is een prachtig stuk werk.
three_grrr
Beautiful! Highly polished metal surrounded by wonderfully etched designs into a satin finish, all on one piece of metal! Fabulous!
Eleandras
Shiny image!!!!!
afugatt
Beautiful!
e-brink
Excellent one! Very striking.