What is the Eckman Method?

The Eckman Method® is the trademark for Allen and Patty Eckman's educational services, namely, conducting classes in the field of creating cast paper sculptured art and distributing course materials in connection therewith.

What are these services?

In 1987 Allen Eckman stumbled onto cast paper as a fine art medium and instantly recognized the beauty and possibilities for creating high detail, strong, acid free, pure, fine art sculpture. It took the Eckmans many years to unlock the secrets to the medium. Discoveries included paper formulation, equipment and tool innovations and their unique paper processing methods. All this was necessary to create the dimension, strength, hardness, textures and detail that are clearly visible in Eckman pieces. It takes a lot of room and special equipment including pulping stations, presses, dehydrators, tools etc. as well as years of technical knowledge just to make the paper. You cannot get where Patty and Allen Eckman are by pulping cotton linters in your kitchen blender or trying to make other store bought papers work. The fun and ease of the Eckman Method is in sculpting and creating beautiful works of fine art with Eckman paper, tools and techniques. So it is back to school for learning how to sculpt the way they do it. By taking the project lessons in order and putting into practice what you have learned, you can reach your maximum God given talent level!

What is the medium and creative process learned from the Eckman Method®?

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

What is our ultimate goal and mission statement?

The goal is to distribute and sell products world wide for the benefit of everyone from student artist to the creators by the Eckman Method® teaching program. It starts at a beginners level with the introduction of beginning level products and progresses into intermediate, advance, expert and master levels.

What is the first beginning level product and what does it look like?

The first product is called Patty's Flowers complete with a registered trademark at the USPTO. The beginning level set is six product kits that allow the student to progressively learn while creating beautiful fine art pieces in museum quality cast paper.

How to get started with the Eckman Method®

Learning fine art cast paper sculpture is as easy as 1... 2... 3...

1. Fill out the questionnaire

Patty and Allen Eckman DBA Eckman Fine Art Inc. began developing their process of cast paper sculpture in 1987. Over the years the process evolved into the Eckman Method®, which is internationally recognized as unique to the Eckmans. Eckman Fine Art Inc. is now producing product kits starting with an introductory level creative learning series called Patty's Flowers to get people started who are interested in learning with the Eckman Method®. This learning method series is designed to bring every artist up to their highest potential by offering step-by-step video guides, booklets and instruction sheets and materials for beginning, intermediate, advance, expert and master levels. You can help us develop these classes by looking over the different pages of the Eckman Fine Art website and letting us know where your interests and abilities lie.

Please use the e-mail form provided and we will get back to you.

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Have you ever sculpted in paper of any form or style before?
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Have you ever sculpted in any other medium before?
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At what level would you consider yourself?
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Have you ever been involved in paper making?
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Have you ever been involved in mold making?
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Would you be willing to email us a digital photo of the best example of your work in any medium that illustrates your artistic ability and level?
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What is your ultimate goal in learning the Eckman Method® of fine art cast paper sculpture?

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2. Buy the Deluxe Starter Kit. This deluxe kit has the tools you will need to move to more advanced levels.

Patty's Flowers are a series of beginning level products for creating beautiful life-size fine art cast paper sculpted flowers taught as tought in the Eckman Method® program. They are the first level introduction to the Eckman Method and are progressive. You start here. The Deluxe Starter Kit includes: handmade acid free paper, paper casts, bonding agent, tools, templates and a step-by-step video guide.

3. Order and complete the beginning level series and move to the intermediate series.

Refill kits are also available to create each first level flower project. The first project lesson kit is "The Rose" in the Deluxe Starter Kit for $65 plus $8 shipping and handling. Refill kits are $20 each to recreate "The Rose" and to complete your first lesson series with the rest of the following (beginning) or introductory level lesson creations: Tulips, Hollyhocks, Orchid, Bluebells, and Daisies all with insects you learn to do. A free instructional sheet comes with each of these but the step-by-step DVD ($20 each) will take you through the learning process as you watch Patty Eckman create the pieces one by one. The DVDs all have special tips that can not be illustrated in an instruction sheet.

NOTE: Intermediate level learning projects are currently in development.

Also in development is the complete Eckman Method® Program, which you will be able to download here. The program will describe in detail entirely what the Eckman Method® entails and all of its benefits.

Progressing on to Intermediate, Advance, Expert and Master levels.

At all levels the learning process is designed to leave the learning artist with not only a higher level of knowledge and skill but also a beautiful and professional looking finished museum quality (acid free) cast paper sculpture. At the intermediate level you can continue to advance with Patty's Flowers or take the classes into other Eckman Method® creative learning project kits on themes with Allen Eckman that are more masculine or generic in nature with objects such as weapons, tools, hats, clothing, artifacts etc.

Patty's Flowers will advance into a high level Hawaiian theme including human figures, animals and birds as well as flowers and Allen will advance you through the higher levels with animals, objects and figures as only he knows how. By the time you have graduated through these higher levels you will be creating your own pieces with themes doing the things that interest you. Advance classes will also show how to photograph, mount, frame and market your work.

Ultimately you can learn how to create in full color if you wish and how to turn paper into bronze as well.

Our research shows that many artists who want to learn through the Eckman Method® program, are already at an advanced level with their own art but want to learn cast paper sculpture the way the Eckmans do it. The medium is easy to learn but difficult to master. Allen and Patty are still making new discoveries in the medium themselves so don't think you can reach their level without many hours of practice and lessons. It takes an investment of your time and money to learn anything but it is very rewarding to see your creations completed one by one as you learn by doing with many hours of enjoyment. You will not be able to do advance lesson projects if you haven't completed the beginning level lesson projects and learned the basics.

To see how Allen and Patty create their Master Level works Download this 26-page Booklet $17.50

In this 26-page booklet you can see an overview of exactly how the artists create their work at a master level from start to finish.

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Patty's Flowers is a registered trademark of Eckman Fine Art and has been filed as such at the USPTO. Eckman Fine Art and Allen and Patty Eckman are the developers of the exclusive Eckman Method® for teaching the creation of cast paper sculptured art and distributing course materials in connection therewith, and have a trademark to that effect on file at the USPTO for Eckman Method® for registration. Users of the process taught through the Eckman Method® are licensed by Eckman Fine Art after purchasing Eckman Fine Art products (paper and instruction). Any professional classes, workshops and instructions by the Eckman Method® without the written permission of Patty and Allen Eckman and Eckman Fine Art Inc. is strictly prohibited. It is important to note that the paper cast sculpting taught by the Eckman Method only works with the hand made paper manufactured by Eckman Fine Art Inc.