A sculpture which was inspired by the River Tees is to be displayed outside a university as part of a major festival.

Yesterday, 120 logs were towed by boat by visual artists Dave Allinson and Michelle Tripp, from the Tees Barrage to the University of Durham, Queen's Campus, Stockton as part of the Stockton International Riverside Festival.

The logs will make up a floating sculpture in the shape of an isosceles triangle, which will be imprinted with binary code representing the colours of the rainbow, and will placed in the bay outside the university's Holliday Building during the festival.

Cut by British Waterways from a tree found in the river, the wood is being recycled to provide a natural art installation.

Mr Allinson said: "This is the second year we have collaborated with the university to create a site-specific work. This year we are taking natural phenomena as source of inspiration and fusing this with the aesthetics of computer language, representing both the learning and natural environment in which it is being placed.

"Our aim is to open up new spaces to new audiences during the festival period."

The exhibition, including a range of prints on display inside the University's Holliday Building, will be open to members of the public from 11am to 7pm until Sunday.