An artist inundated with junk mail is building a junk mail sculpture in her front garden. Once finished the 5ft tall art work will move to a gallery.

Anne Cohen, 54, from Newcastle, has placed all her hand-delivered junk mail on a large metal spike outside her front door. She started on 1 January and the artwork is already over 5ft tall.

According to BBC News, Mrs Cohen came up with the idea to get people talking about the volume of junk mail delivered in her neighbourhood. She said: "We just get so much junk mail. We're totally inundated. There are lots of students around here so we get masses of takeaway leaflets in particular.

"I'm using art as a tool to start a debate. I just want to show things up and people can come to their own conclusions."

Mrs Cohen plans to continue adding to the pile until the end of December. In the new year the sculpture will go on display in a local gallery.