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 (26)
3x3
lovely pattern ed x
tennesseecowgirl
snow here too! and very cold... Pretty design!
BertDes
Beautiful fractal.
farmerC
Mooi Patroon Mooi werk. Mooie kleuren.
carlx
Wonderful fractal and spring time mood, Ed!!!
ralphwarnick
Very impressive render and use of color!
Hubert
Beautiful! A very elegant and intricate pattern.
rocserum
stunning details! Can't hardly wait for spring indeed! RS
jmb007
tres joli motif!!
iceberg5
A superb picture with great details !
claude19
EXCELLENT pattern dear Artfriend !!! A treasure under snow ? Yes, the spring will come back...in two months !!!
clbsmiley
Lovely!!
amota99517
Beautiful work!
Fractal_Ken
Neat pattern! It brings to mind plant life.
peedy
Lovely! Corrie
VDH
Met je fractal droom ik al een beetje van de lente!Excellent werk Ed!
Juliette.Gribnau
nou, als de lente er zo uit gaat zien... dan teken ik ervoor !!
fractalbeke
Haha, Juliette heeft het weer eens goed gezien en jij hebt het weer eens uitstekend voorgesteld. Het is een zeer mooi werk, Ed.
afugatt
Very pretty! I love the green and those textures!
three_grrr
And I see a beautiful lace tablecloth laid over a lovely green satin one so the lace pattern will show up so much nicer. Gorgeous one, now you must set the table with your best china and silverware, bring out the crystal wine glasses too.
kareldg
Als een ouderwets behangpatroon, maar heel leuk met de dieptewerking.
tresamie
I can see the spring lurking beneath the snow!
kansas
A lovely design. Snow here too.
FractalForum
Congratulations! This image has been chosen for the Fractal Window Weekly in the Fractal SubCommunity. You will find the announcement in the Fractal Forum.
Beliria
love the fractal pattern you have created here, has a lacey look too it :)
Eleandras
Beautiful!