A DISPLAY of more than 800 paper shapes have been fluttering in the breeze in Bradford's City Park today.

The display forms a two-year Paper People Bradford Project and is a collection of life-sized paper human images made by school groups, collages, universities and refugee support groups in Bradford and around the UK.

The paper people hang alongside 255 metres of bunting made from life jacket and inflatable boat material left on the beaches of Lesvos by people seeking refuge.

The project was developed by Suzanne Partridge after she worked as an arts volunteer in the Calais Jungle for a year. During her time in Calais people would often draw and paint beautiful things, birds, flowers or pictures of home which portrayed an act of resilience.

She said, “Working in the Calais Jungle made me realise how someone’s life worth is dependant on the type of paper it is written on. This is a vulnerability we are all aware of as our lives are often determined by the stroke of pen across paper.”

A friend invited Suzanne to Bradford and she was given permission by Bradford Council to organise the display for Centenary Square and groups have been sending her their paper people images for the installation.

"It has been a lot of work and coordination over the past two years and I hope whoever sees the display makes their own interpretation of what each paper person represents," she added.

Just for today the big screen in Centenary Square is showing images of the project's journey and there is also an exhibition being held at the Peace Museum until the end of August.

Details of this can be found on the Paper People Bradford Facebook page.