Tim Kent is a mixed media sculptor who sees possibility where others see scrap. Working primarily with found objects, reclaimed wood, and industrial materials, he transforms the discarded and forgotten into characters with soul, personality, and stories to tell. Each sculpture begins its life as static art-carefully constructed, thoughtfully composed, permanently fixed in place. But in collaboration with his son Ben, these static pieces are given a second life through the magic of AI animation, creating what they call the "sculpture cinematic universe."
Kent's workshop philosophy is simple: every material has a story, every object wants to be something else, and the artist's job is to listen and translate. A wrench becomes a beak, a saw blade becomes wings, rope transforms into flowing hair. This isn't just assemblage art-it's transformation, transmutation, the alchemical process of turning industrial lead into creative gold. The resulting sculptures carry the weight and texture of their previous lives while embodying entirely new identities and possibilities.
The collaboration with AI animation represents a natural evolution of Kent's vision. If sculpture is about giving form to imagination, then animation is about giving that form movement, breath, life. Each character awakens with its own personality, its own way of moving through space, its own role in the growing narrative. From individual awakening videos to ensemble celebrations like the "Reggae Party," these sculptures prove that art isn't just something to look at-it's something that looks back, that moves, that celebrates existence. Working from Nova Scotia, Canada, Tim Kent continues to expand his sculpture universe, one found object, one wild idea, one impossible character at a time.
