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)
greyone
Very creative find! I know i'm older than most here but even i dont remember seeing a working gramaphone. The one that showed up in your image does look a lot like ones i've seen though, The only thing missing is the little dog that sat beside it in the old RCA ads. :) Great work.
carlx
Very beautiful composition, tones and mood, Ed!!!
VDH
Origineel en creatief werk!
claude19
A splendid representation of the "His Master's Voice"! When I was very young, 45s already replaced the 78 ... which were often among Jazz lovers! The crackling of the 78s, did not much bothered!
jmb007
belle evocation!!
Dinhi
You truly captured that feeling!!
farmerC
Exellente creatie.
peedy
Fantastic! Corrie
wannes
Ik voel als het ware de muziekgolven over me heen gaan bij het bekijken van deze prachtige creatie... enne ze hebben duidelijk een Jazzy sound. Een schitterend idee, Ed... erg knap bedacht en uitgevoerd!!
vxbob
Interesting colors and composition reminds me of old time victrolas
fractalbeke
Een nieuw pareltje in je al zeer rijke collectie. Opmerkelijk beeld van een als het ware door geluidsgolven vervormde gramofoon, dito hoorn.
kleinhoon
Heel knap en schitterend gedaan..!!
Juliette.Gribnau
verrassend, boeiend en schittetrned in 3 woorden !; goed weer een fractal van je te zien !
Jennyfnf
Amazing representation Ed! I love it...I have some Beatles 78's. When I started work in the 1950's I had to dictate my letters onto a wax cylinder through a trumpet shaped speaker ....once transcribed by the typists they would then be shaved clean ready for next dictation. hehe Oh I feel ancient now:-)
Henny31
very interesting and original. Lots of movement in it, well done!
chesscanoe
"Only one antique Edison phonograph, the Model D Standard, was ever equipped out of the factory with such a horn." And you found it!" http://www.intertique.com/EdisonPhonographTutorial.html
afugatt
I love it!
tresamie
Fascinating textures!
dochtersions
A very beautiful outcome. This ancient creature, I recognized it immediately. In every way, this UF swings. It's a beauty!!
ligt
geweldig fraai, ed!
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.
amota99517
Totally cool work and congrats on getting into the Fractal Forum.
jclP
Very beautiful & original
Eleandras
Wow!!!!!