Banknote Jewelery By Tine De Ruysser

After finishing her MA, Tine returned to Belgium where she set up as a freelance artist-designer of jewellery and accessories. She trained as a teacher, and briefly taught at the “Stedelijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten” in Sint Niklaas in 2005. Later that year she started a PhD at the Royal College of Art. Her research is a further development of the material she invented during her MA. She is investigating production methods and folding patterns as well as the design possibilities for wearables (jewellery, accessories and jewellery-fashion hybrids).
A banknote (often known as a bill, paper money or simply a note) is a kind of negotiable instrument, a promissory note made by a bank payable to the bearer on demand, used as money, and in many jurisdictions is legal tender. Along with coins, banknotes make up the cash or bearer forms of all modern fiat money. With the exception of non-circulating high-value or precious metal commemorative issues, coins are used for lower valued monetary units, while banknotes are used for higher values. However some coins may have a significant value depending on the condition and worth.