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Kent Melton was
drawing since the age of one. An artist of natural talent, he
grew up in rural Southern Missouri, drawing anything that
inspired him from magazines and television shows. Not
surprisingly, one of his favorite childhood television shows was
"The Wonderful World of Disney."
Pursuing his art
interests, Mr. Melton moved to California, working on projects
for live-action films. It was then he was called upon by the
Walt Disney Company to sculpt animation character models (Maquettes)
for the feature animated film "Aladdin". From that moment on,
Mr. Melton has made countless maquette sculptures, entrusted by
the animators in bringing their two-dimensional drawings into a
three-dimensional world.
In 1992, his
reputation as a great character sculptor had spread across the
Walt Disney Company. It was then that the Walt Disney
Classics Collection (WDCC) of porcelain-based sculptures was
starting up. They recruited Mr. Melton to be a sculptor for the
collection, of which Mr. Melton has become a key member of that
team. If you've seen the Walt Disney Classics Collection, then
you've seen the work of sculptor Kent Melton. Kent has sculpted
more than half of all WDCC sculptures produced to date --
including many collector favorites. From
Cinderella gazing into a soap bubble
(one of the very first WDCC sculptures) to the award-winning
Wicked Witch from "Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs," to the WDCC's 10th anniversary sculpture of
sculptor Mickey, Kent has captured
countless characters from Disney films and translated that
"illusion of life" into fine animation art sculptures.
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