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 (24)
Juliette.Gribnau
een mooie contradictio in terminis, en knap verbeeld in sterke kleurstelling
mountmous
Beautiful shape and lovely glass background
wannes
Originele titel, passend in beeld gebracht! Knap werk!
fractalbeke
"Het einde van de oneindigheid" !!! Je moet het maar bedenken...hier schitterend weergegeven door deze 'oneindig eindige' spiraal. Kleustelling en achtergrond zijn perfect.
Fractelaar
Heel mooi rustig design ,fijntjes
carlx
Poetic title and fantastic design, Ed!!!
mansco
I also like it's title a lot, it's a very special spiral Ed. Good one ;O)
VDH
Een prachtige spiraal fractal Ed,de kleuren zijn ook heel mooi!!
bpclarke
I see lots of red hot chili peppers here. :o) Gorgeous work. I really like the background on it too. Splendid creation.
Titia
OH... wat een schoonheid. Een heel sterke vorm en een prachtige schaduw met mooie nuances, versterkt door de textuur.
Henny31
schitterend werk.. vooral light spel. Excellent!
3x3
looks lovely x
XoxoTree
strong yet soft, love it.
farmerC
Ed, dit is prachtig werk. Hier kun je lang naar kijken.
annie5
I like the original form and BG too! Excellent fractal work :)
philuf
Superb background and spiral!
pwilkin
This one has jalapeno heat! Very nice!!
amota99517
This is such a beautiful piece. I love the simplicity and elegance of this piece.
erlandpil
Beautiful shape and lovely glass background agree erland
lyron
Excellent work!!!
kleinhoon
Prachtige originele spiraal met fraaie achtergrond..!!
LindaMcC
A glowing beauty! Wonderful spiral, color and textured back. Excellent.
afugatt
Excellent!
e-brink
Excellent imagery!