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See larger Creativity catches the eye Saturday at Marco Island's 30th annual shell show at the island's Presbyterian Church. The juried show featured scientific collections, as well as artistic creations such as this one. Quentin Roux Staff

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Creativity catches the eye Saturday at Marco Island's 30th annual shell show at the island's Presbyterian Church. The juried show featured scientific collections, as well as artistic creations such as this one. Quentin Roux Staff

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  • Creativity catches the eye Saturday at Marco Island's 30th annual shell show at the island's Presbyterian Church. The juried show featured scientific collections, as well as artistic creations such as this one. Quentin Roux Staff
  • Saturday concluded Marco Island's 30th annual shell show at the island's Presbyterian Church. The juried show featured scientific collections, as well as artistic creations such as this one. Quentin Roux Staff
  • Saturday concluded Marco Island's 30th annual shell show at the island's Presbyterian Church. The juried show featured scientific collections, as well as artistic creations such as this one. Quentin Roux Staff
  • Typical of the imaginative exhibits is this unsual example of shell headgear, which picked up a third-place award in an artistic division.
  • Rose Fanello and her daugther-in-law Sherry Fanello complete a purchase with the help of Maria das gracas da Silva, who was also an exhibitor.
  • This lit creation is an exhibit, and won a second place in an artistic division.
  • Example of some of the quirky creations on show.
  • Crowds of people peruse the lines of exhibits.
  • If it looks good enough to eat, it isn't. Understandable, considering this 'raspberry cream cake' is made of fish scales.
  • Judy Orgonas of New Jersey marvels at how realistic the fish scale cake looks.
  • Another winner in a creative division.
  • Another first place winner in a creative division.
  • Fossill ammonite example, with an ancestry that surfaced about 400 million years ago.
  • This creation was a first place winner in one of the artistic divisions.
  • An exotic creation in the novelty class, this bird is made of dried wild salmon skin, shells, barnacles, sponge, sea urchin spines and tiny bits of driftwood.
  • Lifelike ... and all made of shells.
  • Browsers look at one of the scientific exhibits.
  • Liz Doyle, Mary Beth Davies and Leanne Kuurle peruse one of the novelty shell art tables.
  • Example of eclectic art at the show.

The juried show features exotic specimens as well as creative art work. It runs through Saturday at the Marco Presbyterian Church

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