How a Fractal Is Made

A fractal is a shape that keeps its detail no matter how far you zoom in: endless pattern grown from one simple rule, repeated over and over. Run that rule across a whole grid of starting points and color each one by how long it takes to escape; the points that never escape form the shape itself, the Mandelbrot set.

A finished print is more than one rule. Like a digital painting, it is many layers, each with its own formula and coloring, blended and hand-tuned until the math and color settle into something worth keeping. Every layer is calculated exactly, so the work is discovered, not generated, and never AI.