The edible art of sourdough faces – in pictures

Five years ago, Swedish designer and stylist Linda Ring experienced total burnout. After a few months doing nothing, she tried to adopt a slower lifestyle. I started baking sourdough, but as it's my nature to try to make everything beautiful, I began experimenting."

Ring's loaves became canvases for portraits and landscapes, scored into the raw dough. You never know how the bread or the pattern will turn out, it's enormously satisfying when I take it out of the oven and see."