According to julianemb(n.d.), Eduardo Mutuc is a Kapampangan master craftsman of religious and secular art in plated silver. His delicate craftsmanship and attention to detail are apparent from the smallest piece of metal craft to the forty-foot retables he produces. He was conferred the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan or the National Living Treasures Award in 2004.

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            Mutuc was born on October 12, 1949 in Apalit Pampanga to farmers and grew up with nine siblings. His educational attainment is only elementary education since he helped his parents in farming. As an adult, he continued to work as a farmer.

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            Furthermore, Mutuc found an alternative source of income in addition to his earning from farming. He started his career in woodcarving at age 29. Based on an article from C.Pangilinan (2015), 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.

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            Moreover, according to NCCA (n.d.), 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 won’t 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.