JOHN PRIP
- Date of Birth: 1922
Place of Birth: New York, New York
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Currently teaching at:
- Taught at: Rhode Island School of Design
from 1963 to 1980
- Taught at: School for American
Craftsmen/Rochester Institute of Technology from 1948 to 1954
- Taught at: School of the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston from 1960 to 1962
- Taught at: University of Southern California in the summer of 1962
EDUCATION
- Type: Apprenticed for five years
Location: Denmark
Instructor: Silversmith Evald Nielson
Years: 1937 to 1942
- Type: Master's Status
Location: Copenhagen Technical College
Instructor:
Years: 1943
- Type: Honoral Doctorate
Location: Rhode Island School of Design
Instructor:
Years: 1989
OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE
- Type: Designer/Craftsman
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Years: 1945 to 1948
- Type: Opened up Shop One
with Ronald Pearson, Tage Frid (wood) and Franz Wildenhain (ceramics). Shop One was a
retail outlet for their work and that of other selected craftsmen.
Years: 1952 to 1975
- Type: Design Consultant
Location: Hickock Corporation
Location: Rochester
Years: 1954 to 1956
- Type: Design Consultant
Location: Metals Arts Company
Location: Rochester
Years: 1955 to 1957
- Type: Worked for Reed and Barton Designs. Craftsmen in residence.
Years: 1957 to 1960
- Type: Worked for Reed and Barton Designs as a Design Consultant.
Years: 1960 to 1970
Students of John Prip whom he feels were major contributors to the field of Jewelry/Metalsmithing but have not taught on a college level:
BIOGRAPHY
- Type: Apprenticed for five years
