These qualities determine and guarantee the success and the acceptance among the admiring public who purchases these products in Puerto Rico as well as in other countries. They also safeguard the continuity and projection of the craft. At the same time, exquisite quality forecasts the economic success and the recognition its creator will receive. The craft of animal carving is one that truly illustrates all of these attributes. Now these days, there are artisans dedicated exclusively to the carving of animals.
Some carvers work on figures of birds, horses, insects, crustaceans, reptiles, fish, and others.
Animal carvings, a craft where quality and beauty are constant, owes part of it's success to the advancement of nvironmental awareness about our flora and fauna. The quality and importance of this craft was recognized with the late Don Emilio Rosado, master artisan from Utuado. In 1990 he received the National Heritage Fellowship Award granted by the National Endowment for the Arts. Likewise, bird carver. This craft is in great demand in Puerto Rico and abroad with carvings being purchased by collectors, galleries and museums.