Eduardo Mutuc

Eduardo Tubig Mutuc is a Filipino metalsmith and sculptor. He is known to be a practitioner of the craft of pinukpuk which involved the stamping of embellishments on metal sheets.

Mutuc creates works of both secular and religious nature using silver, wood and bronze mediums. This includes retablos, mirrors, altars and carosas.

Career 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 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.

Personal life Mutuc got married when he was 20 years old. He fathered nine children with his wife.