577 Foundation beehive sculpture

Ceramic artist Laurie Spencer of Tulsa, Okla., with the help of pottery students and volunteers, is creating an 8-foot beehive structure on the grounds of the 577 Foundation in Perrysburg. CLICK ANY IMAGE TO VIEW FULL PHOTO, START SLIDE SHOW.

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Ceramic artist Laurie Spencer works on the dome of the beehive. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Ceramic artist Laurie Spencer uses a spray bottle to wet down the clay used in the sculpture. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Brady Munger of Bowling Green, a summer staff person at the 577 and a student at BGSU, holds a brick ... THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Brady Munger passes a brick of clay to ceramic artist Laurie Spencer so she may continue to build the beehive structure. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Barbara Barron of Perrysburg is one of the pottery students who is volunteering on the project. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Julie Beutler, pottery director at the 577 foundation, poses with the 8-foot beehive. THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Volunteer Barbara Barron, of Perrysburg, left, and Brady Munger of Bowling Green work with artist Laurie Spencer, at right, to ... THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Ceramic artist Laurie Spencer checks her measurements of the dome to make certain that as the dome narrows at the ... THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Artist Laurie Spencer touches up some of the coils before wetting the structure down and covering it to prevent the ... THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER

Enlarge | Buy This Photo The beehive, created by ceramic artist Laurie Spencer, right, features a door for patrons to enter the structure, and leaf-... THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER

Enlarge | Buy This Photo Brady Munger of Bowling Green, left, mists the structure so that the clay will dry evenly. Barbara Barron, of Perrysburg,... THE BLADE/JETTA FRASER