Garden becomes sculpture gallery

More than 50 artists have contributed to the exhibition

Sculptures from across Europe have gone on display in a Dorset garden.

Artist Hugh Dunford Wood opened his wooded garden in the centre of Lyme Regis for the town's fifth ArtsFest Open Studio trail.

More than 20 contributors have provided 50 pieces for the open air display at Little Place, Silver Street, because of their links with the town.

Half the artists are from Dorset with others coming from the rest of the UK and even Portugal and Germany.

Mr Dunford Wood described the exhibition as "a feast of texture and form".

He said: "This is an attempt to broaden the scope of the Open Studios and to bring some new ideas and new visitors to Lyme.

"I hope it can be shown that any garden - even public gardens - can be enhanced by the introduction of art."

The exhibition includes a tall willow angel sculpture made by Kim Creswell from Somerset, and large balanced stones by Adrian Gray from Lyme Regis.