Transcript: Interview: Allen Christian, electrician, discusses how he creates sculptures out of bowling balls

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Interview: Allen Christian, electrician, discusses how he creates sculptures out of bowling balls

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By day, Allen Christian is an electrician. After hours, he is a sculptor. His Minneapolis art studio is called House of Balls because Christian' s favorite medium is the bowling bowl. He joins us.

Hi, Allen.

Mr. ALLEN CHRISTIAN: Hello.

HANSEN: Are we talking tenpin, candlepin or duckpin balls.

Mr. CHRISTIAN: The big ones.

HANSEN: Ah, the tenpin balls.

Mr. CHRISTIAN: Yes.

HANSEN: Describe what you do with them.

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