Art and Design

Fractals in nature and art

Some artists enjoy making art from fractal patterns they find in nature. The Welsh painter Sigrid Müller makes very detailed watercolours of flowers and shells. These sea shells have repeated stripes going around them.

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Some photographers look close-up at natural examples of fractals. Here are some examples:

Snowflakes

Romanesco cauliflower

Fossil ammonite