Bread and Art

I finally baked an honest loaf from the sourdough culture I started back in December. I shot it from this angle so you wouldn't see I already dug in on the other side. It's a nice dense loaf (the kind where you can eat one or two pieces and get pretty full) with a wonderful crumb, and the flavor is as rich and complex as a fine cheese. I still have to work on the crust a bit through refining oven temperature and moisture levels, but in the meantime, Ooh La La!



It seems to me that bread and art go so well together that I couldn't pass up this opportunity to marry them. The above photo is of a little beach piece put together by my sister and myself - photo by Mom. The below photo features a collaborative piece composed by my four-year-old nephew and myself on the house dry-erase board. He loves to draw superheroes, and lately I've been trying to steer his creative expression away from violence toward the virtues of respect and responsibility.



What's interesting about these two works is the striking design similarities despite the shift in context and almost a year of separation. What's more is that both mediums are incredibly transient, sort of like the loaf of bread above.