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 (20)
chesscanoe
Absolutely stunning. Colors and grain make the form outstanding.
farmerC
Schitterend werk Ed.
claude19
This beautiful spiral has a soul ... where is the treaty?? Splendid idea! Great thanks Anne!
wannes
Mooie kleuren en vormen, knap werk!
carlx
Very beautiful composition and design, Ed!!!
fractalbeke
Ik denk dat Claude zich een beetje vergist... Anne (Afugatt) mag dan wel aanzien worden als zijnde dé spiraalkoningin, deze vind ik op zijn minst al even goed èn mooi.
3x3
looks lovely ed x
Fractal_Ken
Very pretty spiral with nice warm colors and excellent texture.
Juliette.Gribnau
mooi warm en vloeiend
zil2008
Very pretty.
jmb007
magnifiquement belle spirale!!!
amota99517
Wow! This is beautiful!
VDH
Mooie kleurrijke spiraal!
Fuzzball
Love your Doodad spiral ~ very creative and beautiful use of colors!!!
kansas
I like it! Wonderful colors and texture. I like conventional spirals.
LindaMcC
Nothing wrong with "convention" or "spiral"..and this one's a real beauty! Superb!
Gammacrucis
Awesome image! spirals are always wonderful shapes ^_^
afugatt
A very lovely spiral! I love the colors, textures and wonderful sense of depth!
three_grrr
wonderful autumn colors, warm and still filled with sunshine ..
Eleandras
Beautiful!