GEISHA girls made of used tea bags, revolting fake body parts and religious versions of famous logos rank among the more arresting sights on offer at Southampton Institute's final degree show.

Thousands of hours of students' work features in the show, which covers fine art and photography, graphic design, printmaking and animation.

Each student's work represents as much as 50 per cent of the marks for their degree.

The legend "I Can't Believe it's not Buddha" replaces the well-known low-fat spread slogan in fine art student Colin Head's display. Other product names with a religious twist include "Allah Artois" and "Godweiser".

Fine art student Natalie Tait won sponsorship from Twinings Tea for her exhibition, which was made entirely out of tea bags. The enterprising 21-year-old fashioned images of geisha girls out of used teabags.

Southampton people may find themselves the stars of Stephen Wright's section of the exhibition. The fine art student has a series of modern caricatures of people he sketched as he travelled the streets of the city.

Photography student Divinia Scollard's fascination with road accidents has led her to produce a series of eerie reflections on car crashes and the misery that follows.

Fine art student Lisa Allen, who first leapt to fame after smothering herself in chocolate outside the institute last year, has taken a more sinister turn, with padded hearts being hung from the ceiling or pulled apart.

Millais Gallery exhibition organiser Bridget Davis said: "The standard is very high. Students have a lot of talent, commitment and energy."

All the pieces in the show are on sale, with prices ranging from £15 for a T-shirt to £1,000 for Mark Spindler's display of 12 blinking car indicators.

The free show runs until June 12 in Southampton Institute's Millais Building.