Tiny baby booties made from donated breast milk have been created by designers at the University of Brighton.

Simple kitchen equipment was used to transform the protein in the milk into a hard plastic-type material before being moulded into the booties.

They cannot be worn but will be used to promote World Breast Milk Donation Day this Sunday.

The inch-long booties were created by lecturers Nick Gant and Tanya Dean.

Mr Gant said: “The aim is to highlight the importance of breast milk donation and more broadly to challenge people’s perceptions about so-called waste products.

“We want to show that they can be used to raise awareness and communicate issues about material culture, ethics and sustainability.

“Turning waste material like breast milk which couldn’t otherwise be used, but which is embedded with meaning and personal history, into something new, gives the products created greater meaning and value.”

There are plans for five more pairs of booties to be made. The first pair will be given to a donor to mark World Breast Milk Donation Day.