Tine De Ruysser is from Belgium and is a jewellery designer by training. Her first degree at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Antwerp taught her jewellery techniques, there she also learned how to design conceptual work. She then went on to the Royal College of Art in London where she finished her MA in 2001.
This is what she says about her Banknote Jewelry:
“For this collection I considered money to be like gold. After all, paper money came into existence because people did not want to carry their gold around when travelling, mostly for safety reasons. When “paper money” was first used it was backed up by a gold reserve: there was no more money printed then there was gold in the bank. Money was worth gold. Through time the connection between money and gold has become less transparent. The relationship has almost turned around: now gold is worth money. There is much more money around than there is gold to back up its value.”
Via Ignant
