"Congratulations! ...

... Your place at University of Central Lancashire (C30) to study Art & Design (Foundation entry) (WW12) has been confirmed."

Thanks for that, UCAS. Now onto the slightly worse bit...


C E E B B - sort of my initials, haha! But all passes so I'm pretty happy :)

A completely undeserved C in AS Fine Art (really did not put enough work in to get that mark.), a high-ish B in Textiles (a bit gutted about how they marked my personal study, I thought it was my best unit, oh well - got an A for my Snow Queen illustrations!! :D ). Got an E in A2 Physics - I couldn't have expected anything more really, and the same for A2 Maths. Got a high B in AS Maths though, which I am extraordinarily chuffed about, since last year I got a low E!


Off to Preston in 3 weeks and 2 days. Eeeeeeek!

Fear

I have so much to do this week, but can't concentrate on any of it because the much dreaded and awaited a level results are looming tomorrow. I'm really not expecting good or even half acceptable grades, last year was a bad year. I just want to get it over with! So glad I had an unconditional offer from UCLan, one less thing to worry about!

I've also booked a table for a craft fair on the 5th September - the week before I have to leave this town, and the day of Catton Hall Festival of Fireworks in Derbyshire, which is usually a nice night out, especially since we got some free tickets - am a big lover of fireworks. :) Going to be a busy week!
The table at this craft fair's massive compared to any I've had before - 6' by 2'6" or something along those lines - I'm sure most people wouldn't be phased by it, but I'm a bit worried about how best to display my brooches and jewellery... any tips anyone has would be lovely!

Baking has featured in a fairly large way this week - mainly cookies. The sort that morph into odd shapes when baking -


Was digging around in the harddrive of my laptop earlier and found this picture I took for the compostion of one of my final paintings for art, had forgotten how much I liked it until now.

End of Year Show

Tonight was the preview evening of the end of year A-Level Art and Design show at college, some really amazing work in all the subjects - giant metal fish, beautifully cut dresses and jackets, amazing wall hangings and paintings.... it was really interesting seeing everyone else's work!

I got a couple of snaps of my little corner, in case anyone was interested.. compared to all the garments and massive wall pieces, my work looked very tiny... really to get the proper effect of it you need a magnifying glass! There's quite a lot of detail that you can't see from a distance.

Unit 4 - Self Written Study - Textile Illustrations for 'The Snow Queen' by Hans Christian Andersen



Unit 6 - Personal Study - Hats influenced by the work of Elsa Schiaparelli
(research and design boards for Unit 4 in the background)



Unit 7 - 15 hour exam - Mixed media vessels based on a theme of 'Journeys and Destinations' (suspended from bracket, research and design boards in the background)