"Jonny" wrote in message
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Heya,
I'm new here, but I am wondering if it is possible to get this awestruck
by
a loaf of bread. That, my friend, is ART! =) (By the way, how did you get
the swirly look? I'm pretty new to sourdough)

Well welcome to sourdough Jonny. The "swirly look" comes from using a coiled
wooden "brotform" dusted with brown rice flour, its a type of rising basket,
mine came from TMB baking : http://www.tmbbaking.com/baskets.shtml if you
ever want to try one, I have heard that the plastic ones dont work so well.
I am pretty happy with the way my bread looks in the pic, but the art I feel
is really in having some control over the flavor. This I am afraid I will be
working on long after I get the looks right.

Good luck with sourdough, post often, and show us pics!

hutchndi