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Kent Melton Master Sculptor
Kent Melton has spent the past 25 years working in animation. He was the first staff sculptor employed by Hanna Barbera. He then worked as an art director at Universal Studios before embarking on a full-time career as a sculptor for feature films. Melton has sculpted countless maquettes for Disney, Warner Bros., Don Bluth, Dreamworks, MGM, Pixar and Laika Entertainment.
Kent’s maquettes have recently been featured at the New York Museum of Contemporary Art and the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. He is currently working on a one man show of both sculpture and oil paintings.
The History of the Maquette
Length 45 min
Join Kent Melton, Ruben Procopio and other maquette sculptors in a relaxed and informal setting while they discuss the history of the maquette. This discussion will include historical information about the early Disney animation model sculptures, and the pioneering artists that created them. These sculptors will relate their own “personal” sculpting experiences of carrying on this continually evolving Disney tradition as well as share their experiences creating maquettes for many other animation studios. This discussion is intended to be informative, but not too clinical. Both Kent Melton and Ruben Procopio have experience speaking to large convention audiences separately and I’m sure that together this 45 minute discussion will be a lot of fun for everyone.
Live Demonstration
Kent Melton will be demonstrating live all weekend at CTN-X. Watch how he works to bring his maquette characters to life.
hello ; i recently bought a hanna barbera sculpture and was wondering if you could supply any details on it . this came from a storage locker which fell in arrears and the contents were put up to auction. i have collected numerous H-B items for 20 years and it is my intention to include this statue with my collection which i am going to donate to a local childrens hospital to be put on permanent display . the statue shows fred flintstone sitting in front of an artist drawing board with a pencil in his hand and a picture of george jetson is on the board. it is signed and numbered 1 of 200 . i can email a pic if an email address is sent to me . a great piece which i cherish . regards ken
Your sculpt was created by HB staff sculptor Cindy Ramstead back in the mid-90’s. Only a few of these were created as the mold distorted the original sculpt and Cindy was not happy with the castings.