Unexpected inspiration

Doing every day normal things and went to take the car through the car was and took a photo of the water on the sunroof I found it very inspiring 

I was quite surprised about how they came out. 

Applause for Galliano!!!!

Yesterday Lady Gaga released her new music video "Applause" I have to admit I am obsessed with this song, only hearing it for the first time yesterday I have probably listened to it about 40 times the video view counter on you tube is currently at 8.2 million views so apparently I am not the only one watching it over and over HAHA.

Video credit : LadygagaVevo

As usual it is a feast for the eyes filled with imagery and my favorite FASHION!!!!!!
I was so happy that towards the end of the video I spotted Gaga in the finale dress from John Galliano A/W 2009 with even a reference to the runway show by being in a light tunnel with glitter snow.

video credit from: Fashion Channel

John Galliano A/W 2009 show is one of my all time favorite fashion shows of all time. Its up there with Alexander McQueen A/W 2008 (there are actually a few McQueen shows on my top list) and Chanel Metiers d'Art 2012/2013

It Came From The Deep: part 2

As promised here are some more of the photographs that I took at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Pink Sea Anemone

Sea Grass

Speckled Jellyfish

Large Anemone

Spider Starfish

Starfish

As you can see these photos were so inspiring and these have been un-edited or Photoshoped so as you see them is how i saw them in the aquarium the colours, everything. It was so beautiful! 

the next stage of the project was drawing which I will post soon I hope you will all stick around to see them   

It Came From The Deep!!!!

Last summer whilst on holiday I took a visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, little did I know that this visit would be my inspiration for my final year project at the Glasgow School of Art. In our final year we are allowed to get our inspiration from any source (usually we are set a source such as geometric shapes in architecture or florals etc) but we were given free range of what we want to do. Up until this point I was looking at grand interiors, with visits to Inveraray Castle in Scotland and the Palace of Versailles in France, I had also planed a visit to Hearst Castle in California to further this research, but my visit to Monterey Aquarium changed everything.

Oh the sights I saw......................................................

Luminous Sea Anemones

Luminous coral

Luminous Jellyfish

JellyFish

Giant Sea Anemone

Jellyfish Tentacles

Purple Jellyfish

A lonely shell 

Mix of Sea Anemones 

Moon Jellyfish

A sea of jellyfish

I was so inspired by the shapes the textures and the colours, this caused me to scrap my original theme of grand interiors, and I think you can all see why.

There are more photos to come I didn't want to fill one post :) 

Creature from the Black Lagoon

The other day I got a little surprise from my Mum and Dad. A very early birthday present. 

Christopher Kane A/W 2013 Creature Hoodie 

I cannot wait till I wear this :) 

Spare Time at the Festival of Quilts

Last week I was showcasing my designs at the Festival of Quilts at the Birmingham NEC arena. And from sitting at my stand for four days I decided to do some embroidery whilst sitting there. And now I finally finished my little sample. 

 Mix of woven wheel and colonial knot

The Beginning

Hello all. My name is James McGarvey, but you can call me Jamie (as we are all friends :) ). I am a recent graduate from the Glasgow School of Art Textile department specialising in embroidery and I decided to start a blog to showcase my work, my inspiration and my world around me. I hope you will join me in exploring my world.