21 ‘gauge’ing his success LIC PLUMBER USES TOOLS OF THE TRADE TO CREATE BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO When Long Island City resident Cristian Torres is on the job as a plumber, he sees more than just pipes and pressure gauges. The 41-year-old Argentinian native has been a plumber since he was 17 years old. He made his way to the United States for the fi rst time in 2001. Since then he has been creating pieces of art from material he knows and uses on the job. “When I was young enough I was doing little things: I always had the desire to build little stuff,” said Torres, who remembers fi rst building small pieces for his nieces and nephews. “Every time I see something I think, ‘with that thing, I can make this, I can make that.’” When he isn’t plumbing, Torres, who has been living in Long Island City for the past four years, is an artist/ sculptor specializing in pipe design. He used to work out of the Davis Street building shared with 5Pointz. The father of two
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