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 (21)
Fractelaar
Beautifil spiral and superb texture
carlx
Wonderful tones, texture and strong movement!!!
Juliette.Gribnau
al even boeiend als de vorige twee.. hier is de textuur ook in de verkleinde uitvoering goed zichtbaar
Dindin
Ook deze vind ik heel mooi , de texture die op gekreukelt papier lijkt doet mij aan een oud manuscript denken .
fractalbeke
Schoonheid is vaak te vinden in het onopvallende en bij dit mooi totaalplaatje werd ik ook zeer geboeid door de strucuur van de achtergrond... uiteraard in de full size.
farmerC
Schitterende Serie.. Achtergrond is toppie.
mansco
So splendid and creative. Love it's textures too ;O)
Jennyfnf
You are doing some fantastic Artwork with this series Ed. The whole image is so appealing in colours, form and texture.
Hafapea
Very cool - I especially like the wing :)
claude19
WOODEN BEAUTY !!! GREAT show of spirals !!! ARTWORK !
luvjoyjoy
This would be elegant with a 3D configuration, framed and wall-mounted!
bpclarke
These just keeping getting more beautiful. I love the solidity of this. Excellent work.
wannes
Doet me aan aan een uit hout gekerfd beeld denken, knap werk!!
VDH
Knap werk, mooie texture!
luoyx2008
Beautifil。
Titia
Je texturen zijn bijzonder mooi.
erlandpil
So splendid and creative Agree erland
XoxoTree
very pretty love it
philuf
Wonderful warm colors and superb texturing!
afugatt
Simply incredile! I love it!
3x3
awesome fractal ed x