24/08/2026
Do you ever look at the beauty of the patterns of the universe 🌌
Before this loaf went into the oven, I carved a pattern into it. During fermentation the yeast had made its own pattern inside. Then the sun came through the tree, casting warmth and shadows across the loaf and creating another pattern I loved to look at…My camera then captured the moment, turning it into the visual story to share along.
Art and photography have always helped me express then capture not only how something looked, but how it feels. Baking is another expression of that same love. This is a passion for food, patterns, fermentation and art, and I feel many bakers know the excitement of cutting into a loaf and seeing what they crafted.
This 20% wholemeal loaf gave me the soft airy lacy crumb I adore, melting like cotton lace, with a beautiful tang and enough structure to hold each opening. Yeast network is so beautiful and fascinating to me.
I think patterns hold beauty, but also answers. Each variable leaves clues in the crumb, but the answer stays hidden until the first cut. I think patterns are the DNA code of the universe. Grain grows in the earth and becomes flour in our hands, it meets water and magically creates life, then transforms into food that nourishes us. Making food always connects me back to that pattern.
Love for a craft also makes room to support other people doing it. Someone else creating something beautiful takes nothing from our own hands. Ego can turn a craft into a ranking, while love creates community.
Inspiration can come from everywhere, but our craft should still carry our own curiosity, our own imprint, choice and expression. It should pass through us and become our own, not a copy of what is already popular but what feels like us ❤️
Do you also stop and see the beauty in the patterns of the world?😍🌌
Love,
Bekki
The flour philosopher 🤣😂
Aka: Sourdough Yoda…may the flour be with you 👌🤣🌌
