The image of Elvis Presley, along with Marilyn Monroe, Mao Tse Tung, Muhammad Ali and Buddha are the work of Scottish artist David Mach and they are all made of matches. 50,000 matches to be exact.

David March, 52, has spent 500 hours and 1,000 boxes of coloured-tip matches imported from Japan to complete just the Elvis sculpture alone.

All of the sculptures are highly flammable. But they sometimes torch them on purpose to ensure a grand opening at their exhibitions.

Muhammad Ali

Marilyn Monroe

The Buddha

Mao Tse Tung

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This amazing life-like horse sculpture by artist Heather Jansch, who is based in the Devon hamlet of Olchard, near Newton Abbot.

From afar  this sculptures looks so realistic but on close examination they are revealed to be made from driftwood.

Despite its fragile appearance, each horse weighs three quarters of a ton and is free standing.

‘The structure must not only be strong enough to withstand public display, it must also be able to withstand heavy winds without falling over,’ says Miss Jansch, 60, who has a long waiting list of buyers.

The larger sculptures require a steel frame coated with glass fibre to give a roughened surface. I then tie the driftwood to the sculpture with wire, then nuts and screws to secure the solidity of the piece.

Miss Jansch has created almost 100 wooden horses, along with the occasional stag. Each stands at about 17 hands, or five and a half feet.

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