Sculptures featuring prosthetic limbs made and used by landmine victims in Cambodia will be at the centre of a special exhibition in this year's Oxfordshire Artweeks.

Organisers have promised this year's 23rd annual event will be the biggest and best yet, with 50 more exhibitions than last year.

More than 340 exhibitions will take place across the county between May 15 and June 6, making the event the biggest of its kind in Britain.

John Buckley, the artist who created the giant shark 'crashing' through the roof of a house in Headington, Oxford, will run The Landmines Exhibition at the Ashmolean.

It includes 18 sculptures made from prosthetic limbs created by people in Cambodia who lost their own limbs in landmine accidents.

Artweeks organiser Caryn Paladina said interest in the event had grown "tremendously" following last year's festival.

She said: "Last year, we published our guide to exhibitions in colour for the first time and that attracted lots of interest.

"The event just keeps on growing each year and this will be the biggest and hopefully the best yet."

Artists across Oxfordshire are preparing to welcome people into their homes and studios to view work covering every spectrum of art, from traditional paintings, drawings and crafts to jewellery, paper-making, bookbinding, textiles and stained glass. There will also be a wide range of activities for children.

Artweeks will run in Oxford from May 15-23, in south Oxfordshire from May 22-30, and in north Oxfordshire from May 29-June 6.