FLOATING fish can be seen by visitors to Tavistock's Meadowlands Leisure Centre at the moment — but swimmers need not worry, as the fish are floating above the pool, not within it.

The floating fish art works are the result of collaboration between Tavistock Area Learning Community (TALC) and Tavistock College.

Laura Hopes, teacher and art specialist from Lifton Primary school, teamed up with head teacher, Melanie Cripps, to host a workshop providing children aged nine to eleven from across Tavistock with the opportunity to make the sculptures.

The budding artists were provided with willow withies and coloured tissue papers and managed to create a great haul of amazing fish sculptures.

The event was organised by the TALC enrichment group for talented artists and was attended by children from 16 schools across Tavistock and the surrounding area.

The sculptures will be on display for the next few weeks before the budding artists take their works back to their own school.

All the children who were involved in the project will pass on skills and knowledge to their class-mates as art leaders within their schools

Jon Smith, contract manager at Meadowlands Tavistock, said: 'The sculptures that we have on display at Meadowlands Tavistock are truly amazing.

'Seeing so many smiling school children from across the local area enjoying the workshop under the tutelage of Laura was a great sight indeed and the children created some beautiful works of art.'