Fractals are amazing. I have found them intriguing all the time, since they are based on math and a lot of things in nature are fractals. Here is something i have done in blender. I have just wrote a post about it, not so much about the form, but the material itself.
https://steemit.com/blender/@dalz/cycles-material-in-blender-are-they-worth-the-effort
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No problem I will send some photos of the nodes setup as soon i'm in front of the computer :)
I just published a post about the node setup. Hope you find it useful.
https://steemit.com/blender/@dalz/node-setup-for-detailed-procedural-generated-texture-and-material-in-cycles-blender