GariEInternational.com.sg features the art & designs of Singapore based artist Garie Sims
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Garie's Creations, 3D computer design, arts, recycle arts, crafts, toys and miniatures in polymer clay, world's smallest teddy bear and snow globe, teaching kids creative play clay and drawing classes.
Description
An artist, designer and teacher from Singapore, Garie is a self-taught clayman and has been making models from Plasticine since he was a child. Since his discovery of the versatility of Fimo polymer clay in the early 1980s, he has created lots of clay miniatures for his children.
Garie created the world's smallest teddy bear in polymer clay, has also tested the clay in water and combined it with other materials like magnets, film spool, ping-pong balls etc. to create toys, gifts and crafts. With his years of research and experiments, he started the controversial technique of microwaving polymer clay and the technique of shrinking styrofoam with polymer clay. Using polymer clay Garie creates various types of Living Habitat for Ants, the ants successfully live up to its live span proving that the polymer clay is non-toxic to living things.
During the past twenty-four years, Garie's diversity in creating with clay has been featured in newspapers, local magazines and international craft and clay magazines, on news and kids' programs on television, both in Singapore as well as internationally. Many of his original creations with polymer clay are unique, unusual, whimsical and imaginative. Together with his family, Garie has conducted play clay and drawing classes to promote creativity in Singapore for more than eight years. Since polymer clay is not commonly used in local schools or found in local art retail outlets, Garie has also become a major supplier for polymer clay, tools and accessories to cater to the needs of his students. In addition, he is also actively promoting polymer clay as a very versatile material for artistic creation by conducting demonstrations in schools, clay parties and other similar events in Singapore. He creates polymer clay tutorials and projects for international and online foreign magazines. Garie also use polymer clay for commercial and educational clay animation projects. The play clay classes he conducts are for children, also teaches, adult in various clay techniques. Kids including those with learning disorders such as dyslexia, autism, attention deficit disorder or hyperactivity have improve their condition from play clay classes. These classes have successfully groomed many young and creative artists, feature in local kids newspapers.
