The Mummy Maker - Origin
The mummy figure has undergone a vast journey of transformations, inserting itself into different contexts and concepts until it became the image we know today. On 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 ancestral and the mysterious. Centuries ago, during the Victorian era between 1837 and 1901, Egyptian mummies were sold in the streets as if they were any merchandise in a market. Mummies were acquired by the bourgeoisie for the entertainment of their guests at their parties; they considered them the main spectacle of the night; the mummies, when unwrapped, fed the morbid curiosity of those present who filled the place with mocking laughter and applause at the macabre show they were witnessing.
During these years, the remains of the best-preserved mummies were ground and sold to be consumed as a "medicinal remedy" for their ailments. So great was the demand and the scarce 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 crushed 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 conservation process, have great respect and admiration for them. As a "mummy maker", it is important to mention that the artist is the creator of his own technique used in the making of his mummies with which he achieves great realism in the appearance of the skin and dehydrated bones. Such has been his mastery in the process of his technique, that the Museum of Mummies of Guanajuato in Mexico commissioned him to acquire several of his works. In this same city is the "House of Lamentations", an important venue that 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 north coast of Sicily on the shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea, dispute the second and third place in importance worldwide, only surpassed by Egyptian mummies. Nationally and internationally, the artistic production of H.O.O.S. mummies has been acquired by important collectors. His work integrates traveling exhibitions that tour the country as part of a freak show and that now these same pieces are already part of the private collection of the organizers.
