Eduardo Mutuc Jr.
A Brief Biography
Tatang Eddie is a calm, down-to-earth man who just doesn't boast about his achievements. He begins his account by stating that he comes from poor origins, having been born to farmers' parents and grown up with nine other siblings. He never finished high school and began working on the farm with his family soon after graduating from primary school.
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Tatang Eddie married when he was 20 years old. He was apprenticed as an antique store worker at a firm owned by his relatives, the Lozano family, while he was in his late twenties.
Tatang Eddie's heritage may go undetected and unpreserved in his town, where youth are more likely to play basketball than study the age-old art of pinukpuk, save for his sons who continue the family tradition.
With the Kapampangans' natural talent for painting, it's hardly unexpected that we'll soon have another national living treasure. However, we have yet to begin recognizing the one who is currently in our midst.
He became an expert at duplicating existing patterns at first, but as time went on, he got increasingly skilled at introducing his own ideas. His current favorite design is the "callado," which has entwined leaves and flowers engraved on silver-plated yellow brass.
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Tatang Eddie has established himself as one of the country's top metal craftsmen for more than three decades. Ecclesiastical artifacts like altar tables and tabernacles, as well as collectors' goods like candelabras, picture frames, and even salakots, have been commissioned by him. Tesoro's in Manila sells several of his items.
