Artist Transforms Ordinary Rocks Into Lifelike Animals You Can Hold in Your Hand

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Artist Transforms Ordinary Rocks Into Lifelike Animals You Can Hold in Your Hand

Artist Transforms Ordinary Rocks Into Lifelike Animals You Can Hold in Your HandYou may have heard of the Pet Rock, but the novelty gift from the 1970s has nothing on these hand-painted stones. Japanese artist Akie Nakata transforms found rocks into handheld animal sculptures that look as though they could come to life at any second.Collecting rocks was a favorite childhood pastime for Akie, but it wasn’t until 2011 that she started painting on …