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Eduardo Mutuc
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Eduardo Mutuc
a Filipino metalsmith and sculptor. He is a known to be a practitioner of the craft of pinukpuk which involved the stamping of embellishments on metal sheets.
Mutuc is a Kapampangan from Apalit, Pampanga. He was born on October 12, 1949, to farmers and grew up with nine siblings. He only finished his elementary education helping his parents in farming thereafter. He continued to work as a farmer in adulthood.
Finding an alternative source of income to supplement his earnings from farming, he started his artistic career late as a woodcarver at age 29. He worked in an antique shop owned by the Lozano family who were his relatives as a helper. It was during his stint that he learned woodcarving under Carlos Quiros. On his sixth year, he learned silver plating or locally known pinukpuk from a colleague and left the furniture shop where he was working to be an independent craftsman with another friend.
One of his first clients as an independent craftsman was Monsignor Fidelis Limcauco who commissioned him to create a tabernacle for a parish church in Fairview, Quezon City. He went on to create other religious works many of which are based on Spanish colonial designs although Mutuc also incorporates his own ideas. He also did works of secular nature, although even in this case rely on religious influence to create such works.
He was given the National Living Treasures Award in 2004.
WORKS
RETABLOS
Work
MIRRORS
ALTARS
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Eduardo Mutuc is an artist who has dedicated his life to creating religious and secular art in silver, bronze, and wood. His intricately detailed retablos, mirrors, altars, and carosas are in churches and private collections. A number of these works are quite large, some exceeding forty feet, while some are very small and feature very fine and delicate craftsmanship.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Achievement
1
National Living Treasures Award
2
National Folk Artists Award