Selected Works
Bio
Javier was born in Puerto Rico in 1965. During his childhood and adolescence he showed an inclination for art , the natural world and inventing things. In his college years he started working with welding steel as an art. After quitting college he started a small organic farming operation that lasted for 15 years. In that period he combined farming with functional art made of found and sought after metal parts. In Vieques he works chiefly with iron for art purposes and for any other household and commercial needs ( doors, gates, etc.)