John Hammink

Introduction: I've been told by some that my fractalling work is vivid and crosses a range of design, aesthetics, and forms and - most importantly - and unlike other work out there - doesn't "look" like fractals. I'm aiming to give you something that "looks like nature" but doesn't look like anything specific. For that reason, over the three years my work has been up on Facebook and Twitter, the images themselves have been like Rorschach tests - where different people gleaning different meanings and representations from them. Fractalling - and experimental mathematics - is a unique way of producing images, and a process that more resembles science than art - start with a hypothesis; graph it; vet it; revise it. In fact, it more resembles Software QA and Engineering than art, although it's ultimately a creative process. I love my fractalling work, I'm putting in my 10000 hours (after my real job is over!), and if I could find a way to do it full time and actually monetize it, I'd be all over it! But I am just learning about the arts, and how one makes a living at it right now. I love that I also have a window into the arts profession myself; I've done work by hand in the remote past, but I find my digitial work much more satisfying.