April 5, 2012 at 12:04 pm

Geometric Shapes Made from Currency

by twistedsifter

 

 

Kristi Malkoff is a Canadian visual artist and travel addict. She attended the Chelsea College of Art and Design and received her BFA graduate from the Emily Carr Institute in Vancouver in 2005. In her series titled Money Pieces, Kristi uses an assortment of colourful currency from around the world, folding and manipulating bills into wonderful geometric shapes.

Kristi has an impressive assortment of projects on her website that really show off her fantastic range. Be sure to visit www.kristimalakoff.com for more

 

– first spotted on My Modern Met

 

 

geometric shapes made from currency kristi malakoff 2 Geometric Shapes Made from Currency

Artwork by KRISTI MALAKOFF

 

Polyhedra Series – Intersecting Star 2008
4 bills of foreign currency (Brazil, Zambia, Egypt, Bolivia)
2.5” x 2.5” x 2.5”

 

 

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Artwork by KRISTI MALAKOFF

 

Polyhedra Series – Canadian Star Ball 2008
2 Canadian $5 bills
2.0” x 2.0” x 2.0”

 

 

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Artwork by KRISTI MALAKOFF

 

Polyhedra Series – Honeysuckle 2008
8 bills of foreign currency (Cambodia, China, Costa Rica,
Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Russia, Brazil, Peru)
2.3” x 2.3” x 2.3”

 

 

geometric shapes made from currency kristi malakoff 5 Geometric Shapes Made from Currency

Artwork by KRISTI MALAKOFF

 

Polyhedra Series – Snappy 2008
3 bills of foreign currency (Zambia, Brazil, Peru)
2.0” x 2.0” x 2.0”

 

 

geometric shapes made from currency kristi malakoff 3 Geometric Shapes Made from Currency

Artwork by KRISTI MALAKOFF

 

Polyhedra Series – Desert Cactus 2008
8 bills of foreign currency (Cambodia, China, Afghanistan,
Yugoslavia, Bolivia, Iraq, Paraguay, Russia)
2.3” x 2.3” x 3.0”

 

 

geometric shapes made from currency kristi malakoff 4 Geometric Shapes Made from Currency

Artwork by KRISTI MALAKOFF

 

Polyhedra Series – Dodecahedron 2008
3 bills of foreign currency (Peru, Argentina, Cambodia)
2.5” x 2.5” x 2.5”

 

 

geometric shapes made from currency kristi malakoff 1 Geometric Shapes Made from Currency

Artwork by KRISTI MALAKOFF

 

Polyhedra Series – Iraqi Bloom 2008
3 Iraqi dinar bills
2.3” x 2.3” x 2.3”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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