I started working with Flame Fractals and the Mandelbrot/Julia  Set as a way of expanding my interest in  Natural geometrties.  Most of these images were first exhibited in 2009 at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS, as part of a solo exhibition, "Geometry, Illumination, and Beyond",  exploring extentions of Islamic inspired geometric design into contemporary mathematical concepts.

Fractal properties such as self-similarity on different scales was intuitively expressed using classical geometry in historic models, and shapes invoked by the Julia Set bear a striking resemblance to elements in Islamic illumination as well as forms in nature.

These images were initially generated using Apophysis, the pioneering Flame Fractal programme by Scott Draves and Mark Townsend, and Ultrafractal by Frederik Slijkerman.

Metamorphosis, inspired by the Metamorphosis print of M.C. Escher, is a series of Flame Fractal transformations generated on Apophysis. 

This work is a symbolic expression of patterns of Growth and Decay in natural forms.