Artist

Heikki Seppä

born Viipuri, Finland 1927-died Bainbridge Island, WA 2010
Also known as
  • Heikki Seppa
  • Heikki Markus Seppä
Born
Viipuri, Finland
Died
Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
Active in
  • St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Biography

Heikki Seppä studied metalworking techniques in Helsinki and Denmark before he and his wife, Ulla, immigrated to British Columbia in 1951. The couple relocated again in 1965 to St. Louis, where the artist taught metalsmithing and design at Washington University. Seppä was noted for developing the reticulation technique, a method that dominated his work into the 1970s.

Works by this artist (2 items)

Faith Ringgold, Jo Baker's Birthday, from the portfolio 10x10: Ten Women/Ten Prints, 1995, screenprint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Susan and Dit Talley, 2022.55.1.9
Jo Baker’s Birthday, from the portfolio 10×10: Ten Women…
Artist
Date1995
screenprint
Not on view
Faith Ringgold, The Bitter Nest, Part II: The Harlem Renaissance Party, 1988, acrylic on canvas with printed, dyed and pieced fabric, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1997.18, © 1988, Faith Ringgold
The Bitter Nest, Part II: The Harlem Renaissance Party
Artist
Date1988
acrylic on canvas with printed, dyed and pieced fabric
Not on view