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Today I had the pleasure to show fractals and to explain how to make them to the public in a prestigious and awesome venue: the chapel of the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Paris, in front of the famous Foucault pendulum.

People were as usual very curious about fractals in general, but more specifically about 3D printing, and kids had fun exploring the Mandelbrot set. Mission accomplished

Recording of my fractal talk (and show) during the Creative Code festival last year at Centre Pompidou in Paris.

Very happy to see this 7 pages articles about fractal art in Pour la Science this month, the French edition of Scientific American.

Drawing parallels with other art forms including photography, Jean-Paul Delahaye explains why fractals can be used to create art and talks about the creation process (discovering mathematical formulas, writing programs, and of course using the programs) and focuses on my work: images, book, videos and 3D printed fractal sculptures and jewels. And there's even a mention of Deviantart!

He also explains the concept of hybrid fractals with some examples. I have created all the images featured in the article with Mandelbulb3D. Some are old, some have been done especially for the occasion (the one above and the illustrations for hybrids between Menger sponge and Sierpinski tetrahedron). There are also some photos of my 3D prints.

Link to the online version (doesn't feature all the pictures and the full text) www.pourlascience.fr/ewb_pages…

More links:
3D fractal videos – www.youtube.com/user/bib993 
3D printed fractal objects, sculptures and jewels – www.shapeways.com/shops/3Dfrac…
Livre d’art fractal - www.amazon.fr/Lart-fractal-Aux…

Cool story about my passion for 3D printed fractals on 3Dprint.com:

Check it out! 3dprint.com/50133/3d-printed-f…