Artists' Bottle Stoppers and Openers Gallery

All of these items were created by our customers.

Visit often, new pictures are added regularly.
The original stoppers with three o-rings are no longer available.
If you wish to purchase an item, email nilesstopper@gmail.com  I will put you in contact with the artist.

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West

Beer tap bottle opener
John West, PA, used a beer tap handle
to make this bottle cap opener.

Pearson

unique design bottle stoppers
Randy Pearson in OR turned these two
unique wine bottle stoppers.  Pretty.

 

Wharrey


Jim Wharrey, PA, had fun over the weekend
creating this array of bottle stoppers.

Dinse double

double barrel wine stopper
Dan Dinse, PA, created this "double
barrel" whiskey stopper!  I love it.

Dinse 3

bottle stoppers and bottle opener
Dan Dinse in PA did a great job on these 2 whiskey
bottle stoppers and the bottle cap opener.  Nice work.

Dinse 1

candle flame bottle stopper

Dan Dinse in PA turned this great "flame" stopper.

Sanders

stainless steel bottle stoppers and openers
Gary Sanders in TX, turned these openers and
stoppers.  Fantastic detail on the opener
on the right.

Cooke

Alabaster on bottle stopper
George Cooke in NJ turned this stopper
using Walnut with a translucent alabaster
inlay on the top.

Erickson

Best wine bottle stopper Niles
Brian Erickson in CO created this awesome
stopper using Elm burl and epoxy resin. Wow!

Marshall

brass contemporary wine bottle stopper
Mark Marshall in IN made this bottle
stopper from Bolivian Rosewood.

Michael Earley

Unique bottle openers
Michael Earley in NC made
these beautiful hybrid openers

Haynes openers


Jerry Haynes in Texas turned these two
beautiful bottle cap openers.

Haynes 2

Baseball bottle openers
Jerry Haynes in TX turns miniature baseball
bats and engraves them.  Great idea!

Haynes


Jerry Haynes in Texas turned these
Whiskey and wine bottle stoppers.

Hoover

marble with flower on bottle stopper
Matt Hoover in PA makes marbles and
this is awesome.  I love the colors.

Epstein glue up

colored wood glued up
Michael Epstein in CA did a great job gluing wood
with colored wood to create this unique stopper.

Epstein grain

unique whiskey stopper
Michael Epstein in CA turned
this beautiful Bourbon stopper.

Epstein red

red resin bottle stopper
Michael Epstein in CA turned this resin
bottle stopper and put a coin insert in
the top (see next picture).

Epstein red


This is a close-up of the insert Michael Epstein
put in the beautiful red stopper.

Ruebush

deer antler wine bottle stoppers
Brian Ruebush in IL turned these deer antler
wine bottle stoppers.  Very impressive.

Ouimet2

best wine bottle stopper
Dan Ouimet in WI turned the best
wine bottle stopper; beautiful.

Ouimet

most versatile bottle stopper
Dan Ouimet in WI turned this
versatile bottle stopper.

Jerry Bridges

       
Jerry Bridges in TX. Italian Olive for the
stopper.  Frog Blanks for the tab pull.

Steve Bennett

Bennett Woodcraft
Steve Bennett puts pine cones in resin
and turns them.  Check Steve's Etsy

Niles leaves

bottle opener with cherry handle
A design of leaves burn on Cherry
using only dots.  Easy and impressive.

Berner

niles whiskey stoppers
Bob Berner in PA turned these two whiskey
bottle stoppers from Bacote wood.

Rick O’Ryan

niles botte opener
Rick O'Ryan in NM turned this beautiful bottle
opener from Spanish Broom (a weed!)

Niles color

niles bottle stoppers    painted flower
The black is woodburning stippling, colored oil
pencils for flower petals.  Made by Ruth Niles

 

Elsa 4 snowmen

niles bottle stoppers
Just like people, snowmen are all different!  This is
what Elsa Oppenheimer said about her snowmen.

Elsa 4 snowmen

snow people
Elsa Oppenheimer turned these and said "Just like
people, snowmen are all different".

Lowery 4

stainless stoppers made in  America
Doug Lowery in VA turned these interesting
whiskey bottle stoppers.

Bennett pine 1

Niles Bottle Stoppers
Steve of Bennett Woodcraft in MA made this
stopper with a pine cone in resin.  Quite unique.

John Morgan2

Stainless steel bottle stoppers made in America
John Morgan in TX turned these two great
stainless steel wine bottle stoppers.

Elsa6

stainless wine stoppers
Another variety of shapes on stainless wine stoppers
made by Elsa Oppenheimer in VT.

Brinn

 whiskey bottle stoppers
Ethan Brinn in NC turned these great whiskey
bottle stoppers from colorwood.  Nice work!

Chapman

progression of making bottle openers
Rick Chapman, WA, shows the progression of
making a bottle opener.  Great idea!

Dohallow8

2 unique wine bottle stoppers   
2 Unique wine bottle stoppers made
by Jack Dohallow.  Great designs!

Wallace

unique bottle opener made in America
Rob Wallace turned this great
bottle opener.  Love the shape.

Jerry Bridges

bottle opener turned from Cherry
Jerry Bridges in TX turned this can tab pull
from Cherry wood with the star insert.

DohallowMesquite

 

3 sided mesquite bottle stopper
Jack Dohallow turned this 3 sided
mesquite bottle stopper.  Beautiful.

Dohallow2

off set bottle stoppers     
Jack Dohallow created these off set
bottle stoppers.  Very nicely done!

Dohallow

Unique wine bottle stopper
Jack Dohallow in AZ created this really
unique wine bottle stopper.  Great work.

Hancox

can tab pull made in America
Christiana Hancox, UK, created these whimsical
can tab pulls with custom made glass beads.

Lowery

Brass whiskey bottle stoppers made in America
Doug Lowery in VA turning these stoppers and ice
cream scoops.  Great Christmas gifts!

Wurtzel

blind woodturner
George Wurtzel (blind) turns the neatest shapes
for bottle stoppers.  See more of George's work..

Wohlgemuth3


Steve Wohlgemuth created these
unusual bottle/tab opener combo.

Scott Grove

Scott Grove Woodworker
Scott Grove, renowned woodworker, turned and
used Paua inlay for this red, white and blue stopper.

Niles

Niles Bottle Stoppers
A little woodburing detail adds a lot
of character.  New Niles stopper design.

Collins


A great job turning wine bottle stoppers done by
Marc Collins.

Woodward

Amazing bottle stoppers   
Front and back of this amazing stopper
turned by Rick Woodard in WY.  Love it!

Goodling

Niles wine bottle stoppers
Jesse Goodling in WA turned these really
cool wine bottle stoppers.  Nice work.

Edman

Niles bottle stoppers
Mike Edman in NJ turned these two wine
bottle stoppers.

Collis

laminated wine bottle stopper
The first stopper Marc Collis in IA
is a laminated wine bottle stopper.

Elsa4

best wine bottle stoppers made in America
Elsa Oppenheimer shows how the shape you turn
brings out different designs in the grain or colors.

Elsa3

stainless stoppers made in America
Elsa Oppenheimer does great woodturned designs.

Struthers

Niles stainless steel bottle stoppers
Dave Struthers turned this awesome
bottle stopper from Elk antler.

 

Green

wine bottle stoppers made in America
Bill Green, TX, turned, Cocobolo, Gaboon Black Ebony,
Bloodwood, Pink Ivory, Black and White Ebony.
Wonderful wood and great shapes.

Page

Jamie Page bottle opener
Jamie Page turned a bottle opener,
can tab pull. Video: WP Woodwork

Gambill

unique beer bottle openers
Ben Gambill in TN turned his first group of
bottle cap openers and did a great job.

McKinney shell

Bullet bottle opener
Craig McKinney created this bottle cap
opener for a retired military friend.