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Posted by: Crusty Apr 17 2014, 11:19 AM

Mrs Crusty recently took a stained glass class at the local community college and really took to it! She bought the equipment to do it at home and has been making some cool stuff. What prompted me to post here is she's started to incorporate stones and shells in to her pieces! here is a shell piece and one with a few translucent rocks we tumbled. The possibilities of what she could do here are exciting... a piece with a thunder egg slice as the center, something with a few cabs worked in... could be some cool stuff!

Posted by: Caveman Apr 17 2014, 11:24 AM

OK, we need to see pic's. Show us!

Posted by: Crusty Apr 17 2014, 11:26 AM

attachment function isn't cooperating

Posted by: ColoradoProspector Apr 17 2014, 11:56 AM

That's going to be some nice work I'm sure Crusty. We had a forum user some years back who made really neat lamps from stone slabs in "stained glass" style shades/creations.

Here is a pic from one of his....also a pic attachment test, seems to be working for me Crusty.



Snowdog's creations are really pretty, check out some more in the original thread if you'd like......
http://www.coloradoprospector.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=579

We'll all be looking forward to seeing pics of "Mrs. Crusty's" creations soon too.

Posted by: swizz Apr 18 2014, 06:48 AM

Very awesome! I can't wait to see your work!
Hey..... maybe we should have an Art & Crafts or Artisan section in the forums? It is kinda Off Topic but we have a lot of super talented people here. I usually put my stuff in Living Off The Lands but that's not always a truly good fit. hmmmm?

Posted by: Caveman Apr 18 2014, 09:31 AM

Very good idea!

Posted by: fenixsmom Apr 18 2014, 09:37 AM

I think that is a fabulous idea!

Posted by: ColoradoProspector Apr 20 2014, 01:20 PM

Done deal!! Fresh wall paper and everything.

Oh and I fixed the broken link to the other thread which wasn't working......no one even told me, sheesh!

Posted by: fenixsmom Apr 20 2014, 06:07 PM

Hey Dan, your clock is an hour ahead as well ;)

Posted by: ColoradoProspector Apr 20 2014, 06:30 PM

Actually my clock (when signed in) shows the correct time. Have you set your time zone for yourself when signed in yet fenixsmom?
You'll find that setting when you go to "my controls" then scroll down to find the "board settings" link to the left, there you can set the proper time zone (GMT Mountain time) and even adjust for auto daylight savings time adjustment if you want.

Posted by: swizz Apr 20 2014, 06:36 PM

Thanks for this Dan!
I'm going to move my knifemaking thread on over here, better fit.

Posted by: ColoradoProspector Apr 20 2014, 06:47 PM

You're welcome and I'd agree knife making will fit here in this new section nicely.

Posted by: fenixsmom Apr 21 2014, 06:21 AM

Ah ha! I retract my complaint! Thanks Dan!

Posted by: Mrs.CP Apr 23 2014, 07:09 AM

I would love to see pictures of your wife's stained glass work Crusty!! Really fun stuff to work with, can even incorporate pieces of mirror in the project giving it a cool effect. I use to have a blast doing stained glass work!!

Posted by: Crusty Apr 23 2014, 07:11 AM

Not sure what is up with my computer, but still can't get the attachment function to work. Will upload them to SmugMug and post them :)

Posted by: Mrs.CP Apr 23 2014, 08:56 AM

Not sure what's up with your computer. Show it who's boss and let's see those pics!!

Posted by: Crusty May 16 2014, 05:59 AM

OK, giving this a try again!

A friend of mine asked Carol to make a green heart for his wife for Mother's Day; her first "commissioned" piece! She had 2 ideas, so made them both so he could pick from them and he bought them both

Posted by: Crusty May 16 2014, 06:08 AM

WOO HOO... it is working now! :) (thanks to Mrs CP reminding me of the 4mb file size limit :) )

One of the first projects she made at home; teal ribbons for ovarian cancer for all her sisters, in memory of their mother

The first heart she made

An early project around Christmas, a snowman ornament

Posted by: Crusty May 16 2014, 06:11 AM

She thought it would be cool to integrate some translucent stones in; I concur, it was!

A small framed abstract

This is her first tree... she is currently working on a panel of 4 trees; one for each season!

Posted by: Mrs.CP May 16 2014, 06:39 AM

Very cool work Crusty! Tell her I said she's doing a fantastic job, they look great! I love the hearts but I must say that the tree is my favorite. The stones do look really cool incorporated into the work.

Thanks for sharing pics of her work with us!!

Posted by: swizz May 16 2014, 07:01 AM

Amazing work! I love the hearts but especially the tree.

Posted by: Crusty Aug 6 2014, 11:37 AM

For all you Broncos fans out there (GO SEAHAWKS!!)

Posted by: russau Aug 6 2014, 05:48 PM

lots of talent shown here!

Posted by: Mrs.CP Aug 7 2014, 05:56 AM

Nice work!!

Posted by: swizz Aug 7 2014, 07:02 AM

Major Kudos! That is very nice work!

Posted by: Crusty Feb 5 2015, 09:24 PM

Been slacking... here's some of her latest works.

A Seahawk for ME!!

A Dallas Cowboy star

and a Texas Longhorn

Posted by: Crusty Feb 5 2015, 09:28 PM

Tampa Bay Buccaneer

A Dr Who Tardis

And she's working on a pretty awesome project now that I can't wait to share!!

Posted by: Dypheron Feb 6 2015, 06:38 AM

I need a duplicate of the Tardis one. Seriously.

Posted by: Crusty Feb 6 2015, 07:30 AM

Rog! If you've got a different picture of one you'd like to see it based on, let me know!


She has done a couple cool pieces based on photos I've taken, which is kinda awesome!

Posted by: Dypheron Feb 6 2015, 07:32 AM

Nope, same design as that one will do quite nicely.

Posted by: swizz Feb 7 2015, 05:54 PM

Shock and awe.... this is some incredibly nice work!

Posted by: swizz Apr 4 2015, 07:29 PM

Holy b-Jesus... I'll be posting up one of Mrs Crusty's insanely beautiful works here in the near future, and it is a personal piece.
It is truly an heirloom work of art. It will be in my family for many years to come.

Posted by: swizz Apr 12 2015, 08:27 AM

Here is the piece and it is stunning.
Very accurate depiction of my mine cabin. Her choices of glass for the colors and textures are spot on, she really nailed it on the logs and even soldered detail into the log corners!
I am amazed with this work of art.
https://flic.kr/p/s3FudShttps://flic.kr/p/s3FudS by https://www.flickr.com/people/121086004@N07/, on Flickr

This is an enhanced image of the cabin which Crusty created and gave to me. As you can see, the glass depiction is strikingly accurate!
https://flic.kr/p/r9b1tkhttps://flic.kr/p/r9b1tk by https://www.flickr.com/people/121086004@N07/, on Flickr

Posted by: Shawnee Man Apr 13 2016, 12:25 PM

How long has Mrs. Crusty been doing this? I am very impressed. Is she up for commission pieces yet?

Posted by: Crusty Apr 13 2016, 03:05 PM

She's been at it for 3-4 years and has done quite a few request. She hasn't done much lately, kinda on a hiatus, but if you've got an interesting idea, she might take on the challenge!

She did the Air Force logo and my CMSgt stripes for my retirement shadow box (which my cousin built)

and a logo for the National Mill Dog Rescue that she donated to them

Posted by: Crusty Apr 13 2016, 03:46 PM

A few more pics of her work. THe pig as the first one she ever did.

The AMAZING hummingbird was her second (yes, she must be a natural to do something so cool so quick!). It hangs in the window in our shower.

We got an old cabinet at an antique store and she made the glass for it.

Posted by: Shawnee Man Apr 14 2016, 01:11 PM

Here is what I kinda had in mind Crusty...

Posted by: Mrs.CP Apr 15 2016, 07:02 AM

She does amazing work Crusty!

Posted by: Crusty Apr 15 2016, 07:38 AM

Might be hard to translate to a stained glass piece, but she looked at it and said she might be able to make it work.



Thank you!