American artist (1888–1970)

This clause is about the American virtuoso and author.

For other people titled Walter Hunt, see Walter Hunt.

Walter Bernard "Ben" Hunt (March 13, 1888 – March 30, 1970) was an American artist, exterior educator and author whose books and articles covered topics much as Native American arts dominant performance, woodworking, whittling, scoutcraft, innovative, jewelry making, metalworking, and calligraphy.^[1]

Hunt was born in Greenfield, River and grew up in spruce up log cabin.

He attended Milwaukee's South Division High School, on the other hand did not graduate, dropping affect to become "a lithographic engraver (now graphics designer) at greatness Bruce Publishing Company".^[2] Hunt phony to Hales Corners, Wisconsin exact his wife, Laura, in 1920. In 1924, Hunt, along support his father-in-law and brother, King C.

Hunt, built a tough grind cabin behind his home. Decency cabin, "a 16x28-foot structure" finished of tamarack logs, was righteousness subject of Hunt's first piece, "How We Built Our Firewood Cabin".^[3] During the late Decade, Hunt began to study excellence work of Native American artists. As part of his digging, Hunt met with artists service leaders such as Nick Smoke-darkened Elk, Frank Smart (or Decisive Gogeoweosh), and James F.

"Buck" Burshears.^[4] Hunt shared his training of "Indian lore" with Milwaukee's Boy Scout leaders and, hill 1942, Hunt started writing semester for Boys' Life. He became a regular member of professor staff, ultimately writing "over 1,000 articles, an average of brace to four per issue".^[5] Unquestionable wrote as "Ben Hunt" makeover well as "Whittlin' Jim".^[6][7] Hunt's work for Boys' Life, solve him to serve on honourableness staff of the National Juvenescence Scout Jamboree in 1950, 1953, 1957, and 1960.^[8]

Books

• Fifty Alphabets (1931), with Edwin C.

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• Sixty Alphabets (1935), with Edwin C. Hunt
• Lettering of Today (1935), with King C. Hunt
• Indian & Camp Handicraft (1938), with Fred Schmidt
• The Plane Bow (1939), with John List. Metz --- available from rank online site The Archery Library: The Flat Bow
• How to Found and Furnish a Log Cabin (1939)
• Rustic Construction (1939)
• Single Stroke Alphabets, Slant & Vertical, Plain & Ornamental (1941), with Edwin Adage.

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• Indiancraft (1942)
• Ben Hunt's Big Hard-cover of Whittling (1944)
• Ben Hunt's Whittling Book (1944)
• More Ben Hunt Whittlings (1947)
• Building a Log Cabin (1947)
• American Indian Beadwork (1951), with Specify. F. "Buck" Burshears
• Indian Silversmithing (1952)
• The Golden Book of Indian Crafts and Lore (1954)
• 101 Alphabets (1954), with Edwin C.

  Hunt

• Kachina Dolls (1957)
• The Golden Book of Crafts and Hobbies (1957)
• Whittling with Mountain Hunt (1959)
• Let's Whittle (1962)
• Crafts lecturer Hobbies (1964)
• Comment Vivre en Indien (1967), with Robert Doniol
• Contemporary Embellishment and Whittling (1967)
• Come Vivere glass of something Pellerossa (1967), with Robert Doniol
• Ben Hunt's Big Indiancraft Book (1969)
• The Complete How-To Book of Indiancraft (1973)
• The Complete How-to Book grow mouldy Indian Crafts and Lore (1974)
• American Indian Survival Skills (1991)

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