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 (29)
Juliette.Gribnau
in zijn eenvoud ontzettend sterk !, schitterend !
chesscanoe
Interesting the tiled effect is only below the water line.... Nice!
wannes
Knap effect, mooie kleuren en dito design! Uitstekend!
Fractelaar
Mooi 3d effect , interresant structuurtextuur
farmerC
Prachtige Creatie Ed.
fractalbeke
Geen onnodige franjes, geen overdadige lichteffecten... gewoon een goede spiraal, maar dan een heel mooie.
mansco
So splendid done Ed, it reminds me snail-stairs with that splendid depth ;O)
carlx
Wonderful composition, Ed!!!
Henny31
Ik vind dit echt erg mooi, goed van kleur en vorm. De fijne texture in het donker bruine gedeelte fantatisch. Mooi werk.
kleinhoon
Zeer geslaagde poging! Dit ziet er fantastisch uit..!!
annie5
Gorgeous Ed..texture and colors are fantastic! Great creation :)
claude19
EXCELLENT done !!!What beauties with thess textures !!!
phoenixwaller
Absolutely Stunning, love the depth and rich colors.
philuf
Superb spiral!
pwilkin
Very nice concept and execution! This is beautiful!
VDH
Mooie vormen, textures en kleuren!
XoxoTree
oh you've done very nice work here. i love it!
bpclarke
Love the textures and lighting on this Ed. Splendid work.
kansas
Love the spiral and the texture work is oh so very nice!
LindaMcC
This glowing-from-the-inside-out image is very beautiful and a great masking/texture study.
Eleandras
great image!
3x3
looks lovely x
Titia
Prachtige vorm en heel mooi textuur.
mountmous
Seems you're doing ok with the masking. Looks great.
FractalForum
Congratulations! This image has been chosen for the Fractal Window Weekly. You will find the announcement in the Fractal Forum.
amota99517
Cool work!
mel841
Excellent work!
erlandpil
So splendid done image erland
afugatt
Great job! I love it! Fantastic textures!