THEY come in all shapes and sizes and have, since ancient times, been admired as a work of art.

The Sistine Chapel has many a pair decorating its walls, while the Victorians loved them so much they made clothing specifically to show them off.

But unless you are a topless model, very few people these days would agree to whip off their top and show off their assets.

If showing off your boobs and moobs meant helping to raise vital funds for a charity that is set to help hundreds of Hampshire residents, would you be brave enough and dare to bare?

That’s exactly what organisers of a new art exhibition are urging women – and men – across the county to do to help people battling breast cancer.

In a unique twist on the infamous selfie, people are being asked to throw their weight behind the SnapBreast campaign and take a “breastie” – a picture of their breasts only, no faces – in a bid to raise money for The Haven support centre currently being built in the county.

Already both men and women are signing up to help, including the charity’s chairman of the appeal committee, BBC South Today’s Sally Taylor, who has vowed to take part and wants others to join in the fun.

The Titchfield-based support centre is the latest of its kind being opened up around the UK and will offer people from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight as well as Dorset, south Wiltshire and the Channel Islands who are being treated for breast cancer, a place where they can get all the help and support.

The SnapBreast campaign is the latest fundraiser for the organisation and was dreamt up by Jeni Weinberger, owner of ARTSalon Gallery, and her friend Lucy Wolfe who both decided they wanted to do something novel and fun for charity.

Sculptor Rose Eva is the woman behind the contemporary piece of art, which will see more than 1,000 pairs of breasts shrunk to a one inch square picture before being used to cover the body of a five foot female torso named SnapBreast.

The sculpture will begin as a polystyrene mould that will later be covered in fibreglass and car body filler which, after sanding, will see the polystyrene removed and a freestanding “skin” of resin left behind.

The many hundreds of submitted ‘breasties’ will then be collated and used to cover the front of the torso before it is lacquered and deemed ready for show at the exhibition taking place on the weekend of March 21 and 22 at Avington Park, near Winchester.

Ultimately, the colourful piece, featuring hundreds of pairs of breasts, will be sold off for what organisers hope will be a huge sum of money.

But first they need the help of Hampshire residents as more than 1,000 images are needed to make the project work. Sally Taylor said: “The SnapBreast campaign is very exciting and we can all get involved and be part of something special.

“ I’m proud to be part of this piece of art and can't wait to see the finished work. So join me and have some fun.”