Pill packets, chicken wire, wet suits and wooden pegs are on display on the walls of Worthing Hospital's children's centre.

The materials have been used by textile sculptor Anna Biddulph to produce nine wild animal sculptures to entertain the hundreds of children who visit the centre each year.

The artist was commissioned to produce the work by consultant anaesthetist Roger Edwards.

Three life-sized penguins made from an old wetsuit and held together with spoon handles and chicken wire now decorate the wall of the outpatient waiting area.

Other exhibits include a shoal of butterfly fish made from pill packets and sequins, metre-tall skeletal sea horses, a jellyfish mobile floating above the baby weighing area and a circle of colourful crocodiles made from clothes pegs.

Mr Edwards said: "I knew immediately when I saw Anna's work that it was right for the children's centre. We were determined to create a relaxed, fun area so our patients would be relaxed and comfortable."

Anna lives in Brighton and trained at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin.

More information about her work can be found at www.wildsculptures.com