{"id":7053,"date":"2011-04-28T04:28:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T09:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=7053"},"modified":"2011-04-29T03:47:16","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T08:47:16","slug":"a-reminder-of-womans-club-hung-in-brumback-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/04\/28\/a-reminder-of-womans-club-hung-in-brumback-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman’s Club legacy finds new home"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER<\/strong>\/independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n

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Stained glass that used to be a part of the former Van Wert Woman's Club clubhouse on South Washington Street now hangs in a window at Brumback Library. (Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pieces of hand-blown glass that were part of the clubhouse of the former Van Wert Woman\u2019s Club found a new home at Brumback Library on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

According to Reggie Buehrer of Window Creations Stained Glass Studios in Ottoville, who mounted the glass in a wooden frame and hung it in the library on Wednesday, the red glass was hand blown, likely in Germany, using a process rarely produced today because of its cost and the skill level required.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe glass is what we call \u2018flashed glass,\u2019\u201d Buehrer noted on Wednesday. \u201cThe glass is produced by gathering clear glass onto a glass blower\u2019s blowpipe and then dipping it quickly into a crucible of red glass.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buehrer added that, when the glass is then blown onto a long cylinder it thins out the red glass. Once the glass is reheated in a kiln and subsequently flattened into a sheet, it can then be cut.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe design that you see in this glass is hand ground into the surface at different depths,\u201d Buehrer explained. \u201cThe craftsman\/artist cuts through the red glass, revealing the beautiful clear glass underneath. This is a highly specialist art form.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buehrer noted that, because the glass, which is now hanging in the top east window of the library\u2019s Main Reading Room, is only about 3\/32 of an inch thick, it was very fragile and difficult to work with. He said the glass was originally mounted around a doorway in the home on South Washington Street where the Woman\u2019s Club met.<\/p>\n

This is also not the first time Buehrer has worked on the glass, which was original to the 130-year-old home used by the former Woman\u2019s Club as a clubhouse.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the center pieces was broken in 1992 and we recreated the piece to match the other remaining pieces,\u201d the stained glass artist noted. The job was done so well that, Buehrer said he is not exactly sure which piece was the one recreated.<\/p>\n

Following the disbanding of the Woman\u2019s Club, Buehrer was called in last year to remove the glass from the home and mount it in a frame he designed for display at Brumback Library.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am proud to be a part of helping to preserve this beautiful historic artwork so it can be enjoyed by all,\u201d Buehrer added.<\/p>\n

Members of the former Woman\u2019s Club were also on hand as Buehrer and his workmen use a scaffolding to raise and hang the glass in the library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor Pieces of hand-blown glass that were part of the clubhouse of the former Van Wert Woman\u2019s Club found a new home at Brumback Library on Wednesday. According to Reggie Buehrer of Window Creations Stained Glass Studios in Ottoville, who mounted the glass in a wooden frame and hung it in the library […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 16:39:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}