A REMARKABLE survivor of the war that was supposed to end all wars is demonstrating the artistry that can be born of conflict.

Nearly 90 years ago, a soldier serving in the trenches painstakingly used what nature had provided to create his own original form of art.

Using a pin or a needle, he meticulously pricked dead leaves he found on the battlefield with thousands of holes to recreate the scenes he saw around him.

Amazingly, the five frail objects somehow survived the First World War and were then carefully preserved - possibly in the pages of a thick book.

And now, thanks to a bequest from a man from Whitby, they have found a new home at Eden Camp, the award-winning wartime theme museum, near Malton, in North Yorkshire.

Archivist Peter Cornick said yesterday: "They are remarkable objects and for them to have survived for so long since the war is quite a feat.

"From the writing on them, we believe they were made by a French - or possibly Belgian - soldier, but more than that we may never know."

The museum is planning to put the pieces on display but, because of their frailty, is looking for the safest way to do so.