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 (13)
clifftoppler
Very nice though the variety might have some folk "snookered". They tend to see overmuch red.
daggerwilldo
Amazingly fun fractal to delve into. Love the symmetry. A joy to view.
kepp
excellent piece
VDH
WOW! Ed, dit is echt een prachtige groep (kerst) ballen,de structuur en kleuren zijn fantastisch!!
prutzworks
beautiful fractal orbs
farmerC
Dit is werk van grote klasse.
pure Schoonheid Ed.
Eleandras
Amazing image!
Glendaw
What gorgeous hand painted Easter Eggs !
The different designs, mix of colors and intricate details are amazing.
ia-du-lin
beautiful spheres, great textures and colors
Juliette.Gribnau
geweldig mooi !! wow, wat zou ik de parameters hiervan graag zien !.... kom je nooit meer in de uf-mailing-groep?
dochtersions
Een PRACHT-FRACTAL Ed!
mwtilson
I love your images they are so cool but since all art is a reflection of its creator I bet you are even cooler. Thank you for sharing your talent. cheers.
K_T_Ong
All these tiling patterns look really beautiful. I'd love to use them as tiles on the surfaces of buildings and interiors in my renders! :D