A women-owned specialty retailer operating at Seaport Village since 1980, Safari Animal Collection stocks hand-crafted animal figurines from international artisan houses on West Harbor Drive near the Embarcadero in downtown San Diego. The figurine collection anchors around Sandicast marble-dust-and-stone-resin animal replicas—a San Diego sculpting brand launched in 1981—and Artesania Rinconada hand-carved earthenware ceramics from Uruguay, a dual-continent artisan sourcing depth on par with the Japanese ceramics curated at Vitreum in Little Italy. Each Rinconada piece undergoes multiple kiln firings—one for the earthenware base and individual firings for each enamel glaze color—while Sandicast applies hand-painted finishes to stone-composite castings reproducing breed-specific anatomy across dog, cat, and wildlife species. Beyond figurines, the shop extends into animal-themed wall art, coasters, frames, and decorative plaques from international producers, building out a curated home-goods inventory in the same globally sourced retail category as Comman Goods in the East Village. Premium inventory includes Rinconada sculptures with hand-applied 24-karat gold and platinum enamel accents fired individually across multiple kiln cycles on fine-grain earthenware substrates.