Heikki Seppä

Heikki Markus Seppä, also known as Heiki Seppa (March 8, 1927 – May 18, 2010)[1] was a Finnish-born American master metalsmith,[2] educator, and author.

In 1941 he studied metalsmithing at Goldsmith's School in Helsinki, and later at the Georg Jensen silver factory in Copenhagen.

Then they moved to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he attended Cranbrook Academy of Art.

[6] For much of his childhood, Seppä lived in a children's home until leaving at age 14 to attend the Goldsmith's School.

In 1998, he moved to Bainbridge Island, Washington and married metalsmith Laurie A. Lyall.