The process of sculpting using the Eckman Method® is working with museum quality hand made paper, using casts from Eckman paper pulp then altering and transforming them into finished works of art using Eckman techniques such as forms, other casts and freehand sculpting with various hand made paper products and tools manufactured by Eckman Fine Art.

Eckman Method® is a registered trademark of Eckman Fine Art on file at the US PTO. Only licensed individuals are authorized to teach the Eckman Method® of museum quality cast paper sculpture. Eckman Method® refers to the papers, bonding agent, tools, and instruction that Patty and Allen Eckman of Eckman Fine Art have developed to execute museum quality high detailed cast paper sculpture.

All of the papers manufactured by Eckman fine art are from one pulp formula unique to Eckman Fine Art. These papers include paper pulp blankets, soft papers, semi hard papers, hard papers and board. Also included are 100% cotton sheets as well as bender board or abaca which are the sheets used by fine art to pulp and make their own unique paper products.

The bonding agent comes as a powder with instructions as to how to mix this powder in water to create an acid-free glue or bonding agent. When this bonding agent is used with the Eckman Fine Art papers to create an acid-free sculpture the final product is hard like wood or leather.

The learning products available at Eckman Fine Art include video instruction on DVD and or online. Kits are available such as Patty's Flowers complete with a registered trademark at the USPTO. The beginning level set project lesson kits that allow the student to progressively learn while creating beautiful fine art pieces in museum quality cast paper. There are also intermediate as well as advanced project lessons for advanced artists.

Starter casts are for advanced artists who have never attempted the Eckman Method®, we strongly suggest buying and viewing our “Creating Prairie Edge Hunt” DVD or an animal Project Lesson™ together with, or before purchasing, any Starter Cast™.

Starter Cast”™ is a trademark of Eckman Fine Art™ (EFA) and the raw cast sculptures or “Starter Cast”™ are all copyrights© of Eckman Fine Art Inc.™  These are all raw, unassembled casts (in EFA pulp) dried and ready for trim and assembly.  They are in scaled-sizes, but not all casts are in every scale.  These Starter Casts™ are for advanced artists to complete, using Eckman Method® DVD instruction and EFA papers.  Advanced artists can use EFA “Project Lesson”™ DVDs, or the “Creating Prairie Edge Hunt” DVD to learn how to finish these Starter Casts™. The “Creating Prairie Edge Hunt” DVD is not a Project Lesson™, but it is quite revealing. We have found many advanced artists are quite successful in their work just from viewing this DVD. 

These DVDs are helpful to understand how to create using the Eckman Method®.

These tools have been designed and developed over the years by Allen and Patty Eckman to create their unique sculptures.