Please see all photos for details. John Prip is a fourth-generation metalsmith. Prip's family moved to Denmark, where he lived for fifteen years and absorbed the age-old craft skills and guild traditions of Scandinavian silversmithing. He served an apprenticeship with master silversmith Evald Nielsen and subsequently graduate from the Copenhagen Technical College in. After teacing at the school for six years, Prip worked for three years as an industrial designer for Reed & Barton Silver Company.