During the 2020 pandemic, Munich enacted a one-month lockdown. In that isolated and introspective period, I began creating a daily journal using jewelry techniques—transcribing emotions into material form, with each piece accompanied by written reflections. This practice later echoed the theory of autoethnography I encountered during my postgraduate studies in the UK.

The series consists of 36 small works, each incorporating contemporary found objects—an expired bank card, a Lego dinosaur from a friend, other overlooked fragments of daily life. By the end of the month, I had nearly exhausted all available materials around me. Each object became a tangible record of that day’s emotional state, a quiet yet resilient testimony to life in confinement.

 

 

 

2020年疫情期间，慕尼黑实行了为期一个月的禁足令。在这特殊的一个月里，我采用了一种日记式的创作方式——以首饰材料为载体，记录每日心境，并辅以文字抒写情绪。这一方法在后来的英国理论研习中，与“自传式民族志”的理论框架形成了呼应。

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在这36件小型作品中，我每日大胆运用当代生活现成物作为材质，例如过期的银行卡、亲友赠送的乐高小恐龙等，直至禁足期的最后一天，几乎将身边可用的材料消耗殆尽。每一件作品都是对当日情感与生存状态的物质转化，也成为这段特殊时期私人而真实的见证。