From an early age, Juan Molina developed a great manual creativity that helped him to earn a living repairing objects and materials at the school where he was boarding. He later trained as an industrial master, creating a mechanical workshop.

In 2001 he came into contact with the olive tree and began a new activity creating his first handcrafted pieces with olive wood from the annual pruning in Jaén, his homeland. Juan Molina treats the wood that comes into his hands as if it were a work of art in the rough, which he skilfully transforms with his skill as a wood craftsman.

He currently leads, together with his family, the workshop El arte del Olivo, where they create utensils, furniture and lamps by rescuing the memory of centenary olive trees.

The Art of the Olive Tree was a finalist in the Product 2023 Prize of Fundesarte, part of the EOI Foundation (School of Industrial Organisation), an entity linked to the Ministry of Industry and Tourism (MIT) of the Spanish Government.