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1001 Uses for a Tin Can March 17, 2007

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Artist Bobby Hansson has worked in photography and in television, but today, he works exclusively in the tin can medium. Hansson creates music and art from tin cans and even wrote a book about it. Independent producers Ann Heppermann and Kara Oehler speak with Hansson from his farm in Rising Sun, Md., about the allure of tin cans his life as an artist.

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Bobby playing his theme song on a guitar made out of an old film canister and wood from an old bunk bed (0:37).

Bobby Hansson playing "Big Gray Elephant" on an instrument he made out of a giant maple syrup can (0:29).