Art student Ewan Manson is turning fish into flowers using his dinnertime leftovers.

Instead of throwing them away, Ewan, 21, transforms his fish and chicken bones into delicate bouquets.

He hit upon the idea for an end-of-term art project for his degree and his work has captured the imagination of people from across the UK.

Ewan, from Eastbourne, has also earned the respect of environmentalists for taking the practice of recycling household waste a step further.

At first Ewan, who studies at Dundee University, was worried his bones would go off.

But he took advice from the university's world-renowned forensic anthropologist Sue Black about how to preserve them and turn them into daffodils, roses, tulips, daisies and chrysanthemums.

Ewan plans to make three bouquets of 20 flowers each for his project, which will go on show next year.

He said: "After creating the first rose from sardine bones, I knew I wanted to take the idea further and create decorative bouquets.

"It is a challenging project and I am constantly on the look-out for oddly-shaped bones to create petals and leaves.

"There is a nice juxtaposition between how the flowers are nice and fragile and really delicate and the fish and chicken bones, which are slimy and smelly.

"My shopping bill has increased as I buy greater quantities of meat and fish but it is without doubt the most rewarding project I have embarked on."