The Mummy Maker

The figure of the mummy has undergone a vast transformation, appearing in different contexts and concepts until becoming the image we know today.
Halloween, costumes and decorations that imitate mummies seem to have no boundaries;
From the fascination with the enigmatic elegance of Egyptian mummies to the chilling stories surrounding the mummies of Guanajuato in Mexico, each with its own mystery continues to fuel our attraction to the ancient and the mysterious. Centuries ago, during the Victorian era between 1837 and 1901, Egyptian mummies were sold on the streets like any other commodity in a market. The bourgeoisie acquired the mummies to entertain their guests at parties, considering them the main attraction of the evening. When the mummies were unwrapped, they fed the morbid curiosity of those present, who filled the room with mocking laughter and applause at the macabre spectacle they were witnessing.
During these years the remains of the best-preserved mummies were ground up and sold to be consumed as a “medicinal remedy” for their ailments. Such was the demand and the limited supply of real mummies that many deceased homeless people were passed off as ancient Egyptian mummies. The fate of another large number of Egyptian mummies was to be ground up in Great Britain and Germany to be sold as fertilizer, and in other countries as fuel. The fate and existence of mummies, regardless of their nationality and origin, has not been easy throughout the centuries; however, there are those who, in addition to admiring their preservation process, hold them in great respect and admiration. As a “mummy maker,” it is important to mention that the artist is the creator of his own technique used in the creation of his mummies, with which he achieves great realism in the appearance of the skin and dehydrated bones. Such has been his mastery of the technique that the Museum of the Mummies of Guanajuato in Mexico placed a considerable commission to acquire several of his works. In this same city is the "House of Laments," an important venue that has also acquired three magnificent works to enrich its permanent exhibition. It is important to note that the mummies of Guanajuato in Mexico, along with the mummies of Palermo on the northern coast of Sicily on the shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea, vie for second and third place in importance worldwide, surpassed only by the Egyptian mummies. Nationally and internationally, the artistic production of the Hoos mummies has been acquired by important collectors. Their work is featured in traveling exhibitions that tour the country as part of a spectacle of phenomena, and these same pieces now form part of the organizers' private collection.