La reproduction de la temps sombre or in english: reproduction in a dark time, is inspired of the Swedish National Romanticism (about 1890-1920) when the Swedish nature, history and Crafts were central themes. But Sara Isaksson Froms work also bears on an underlying threat. When nature, in this case, spruces, are exposed to stress such as environmental degradation and climate change, they add their energy on ensuring their species. That is to say there is an overproduction of cones.

The shape of the container is inspired of a Craft product (in Swedish named vril) made by excrescences sometimes found on tree trunks. The excrescence or the carbuncle is an abnormality in the tree caused by cancer but after much painstaking work, a skilled craftsman can create a beautiful object of it. This ambivalent state of threat-beauty is something Sara Isaksson From wanted to capture.

Material: stoneware and string
Size: 35-40 cm in diameter, height: 30-40 cm