Heikki Seppa is the principal developer and organizer of the Reticulation, Rollprinting, and Shell Structures Techniques for contemporary metalsmithing. He has taught metalsmithing at the unversity level, and workshops around the country and abroad.
 
Education / Experience

1961-1960 Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI
  
Teaching Experience
  
1992 (Professor Emeritus)
1965-
Washington University - School of Fine Arts Saint Louis, MO
1965-1961 Art Center School Louisville, KY
  
Selected Publications
(as author)

1998 - Hopea-Sepan Pajasta First Silversmithing book in Finnish
1978 - Form Emphasis for Metalsmiths Kent State University Press
1969 - Photo-Essay on Roll Printing Technique Craftsman/L'Artisan Canada
Technical Papers and Research Materials The Goldsmith's Journal #14
 
Selected Awards and Honors

1998 - St. Elegius Staff Conferred by students of goldsmith school Lahti, Finland
1996 - Art and Education Award Greater St. Louis St. Louis, MO
1996 - Excellence in Art Art Council of Saint Louis St. Louis, MO
1987 - Induction to the "College of Fellows" The American Crafts Council NY,NY
1986 - "Heikki Seppa Scholarship" Established at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Deer Isle, ME
1975 - Diploma for Lifetime Meritorious Contribution" The Precious Metal Manufacturers League of Finland
 
Selected Collections

Renwich Gallery Smithsonian - Washington, DC
Saint Louis Art Museum St. Louis, MO
Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI
Washington University Gallery of Art St. Louis, MO
University of Illinois Normal, IL
University of Texas El Paso, TX
Texas Tech. Lubbock, TX
Evansville Museum of Science and Art Evansville, IN
Kent State University - The Michener Collection Kent, OH
 Over two hundred private collections
 
Selected Shows and Exhibitions

1999 - Laumeier Sculpture Park St. Louis, MO
1998 - 1997 American Masters of Silversmithing
1997 - National Ornamental Metal Museum Memphis, TN
Mr. Seppa has participated in a great number of international, national, regional, and local shows and exhibitions.