Artists' Bottle Stoppers and Openers Gallery
All of these items were created by our customers.
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The original stoppers with three o-rings are no longer available.
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Dinse 1
Dan Dinse in PA turned this great "flame" stopper.
Sanders
Gary Sanders in TX, turned these openers and
stoppers. Fantastic detail on the opener
on the right.
Cooke
George Cooke in NJ turned this stopper
using Walnut with a translucent alabaster
inlay on the top.
Erickson
Brian Erickson in CO created this awesome
stopper using Elm burl and epoxy resin. Wow!
Marshall
Mark Marshall in IN made this bottle
stopper from Bolivian Rosewood.
Michael Earley
Michael Earley in NC made
these beautiful hybrid openers
Haynes openers
Jerry Haynes in Texas turned these two
beautiful bottle cap openers.
Haynes 2
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
Matt Hoover in PA makes marbles and
this is awesome. I love the colors.
Epstein glue up
Michael Epstein in CA did a great job gluing wood
with colored wood to create this unique stopper.
Epstein grain
Michael Epstein in CA turned
this beautiful Bourbon stopper.
Epstein red
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
Brian Ruebush in IL turned these deer antler
wine bottle stoppers. Very impressive.
Ouimet2
Dan Ouimet in WI turned the best
wine bottle stopper; beautiful.
Ouimet
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
Steve Bennett puts pine cones in resin
and turns them. Check Steve's Etsy
Niles leaves
A design of leaves burn on Cherry
using only dots. Easy and impressive.
Berner
Bob Berner in PA turned these two whiskey
bottle stoppers from Bacote wood.
Rick O’Ryan
Rick O'Ryan in NM turned this beautiful bottle
opener from Spanish Broom (a weed!)
Niles color
The black is woodburning stippling, colored oil
pencils for flower petals. Made by Ruth Niles
Elsa 4 snowmen
Just like people, snowmen are all different! This is
what Elsa Oppenheimer said about her snowmen.
Elsa 4 snowmen
Elsa Oppenheimer turned these and said "Just like
people, snowmen are all different".
Lowery 4
Doug Lowery in VA turned these interesting
whiskey bottle stoppers.
Bennett pine 1
Steve of Bennett Woodcraft in MA made this
stopper with a pine cone in resin. Quite unique.
John Morgan2
John Morgan in TX turned these two great
stainless steel wine bottle stoppers.
Elsa6
Another variety of shapes on stainless wine stoppers
made by Elsa Oppenheimer in VT.
Brinn
Ethan Brinn in NC turned these great whiskey
bottle stoppers from colorwood. Nice work!
Chapman
Rick Chapman, WA, shows the progression of
making a bottle opener. Great idea!
Dohallow8
2 Unique wine bottle stoppers made
by Jack Dohallow. Great designs!
Wallace
Rob Wallace turned this great
bottle opener. Love the shape.
Jerry Bridges
Jerry Bridges in TX turned this can tab pull
from Cherry wood with the star insert.
DohallowMesquite
Jack Dohallow turned this 3 sided
mesquite bottle stopper. Beautiful.
Dohallow2
Jack Dohallow created these off set
bottle stoppers. Very nicely done!
Dohallow
Jack Dohallow in AZ created this really
unique wine bottle stopper. Great work.
Hancox
Christiana Hancox, UK, created these whimsical
can tab pulls with custom made glass beads.
Lowery
Doug Lowery in VA turning these stoppers and ice
cream scoops. Great Christmas gifts!
Wurtzel
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, renowned woodworker, turned and
used Paua inlay for this red, white and blue stopper.
Niles
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
Front and back of this amazing stopper
turned by Rick Woodard in WY. Love it!
Goodling
Jesse Goodling in WA turned these really
cool wine bottle stoppers. Nice work.
Edman
Mike Edman in NJ turned these two wine
bottle stoppers.
Collis
The first stopper Marc Collis in IA
is a laminated wine bottle stopper.
Elsa4
Elsa Oppenheimer shows how the shape you turn
brings out different designs in the grain or colors.
Elsa3
Elsa Oppenheimer does great woodturned designs.
Struthers
Dave Struthers turned this awesome
bottle stopper from Elk antler.
Green
Bill Green, TX, turned, Cocobolo, Gaboon Black Ebony,
Bloodwood, Pink Ivory, Black and White Ebony.
Wonderful wood and great shapes.
Page
Jamie Page turned a bottle opener,
can tab pull. Video: WP Woodwork
Gambill
Ben Gambill in TN turned his first group of
bottle cap openers and did a great job.
McKinney shell
Craig McKinney created this bottle cap
opener for a retired military friend.
McKinney
This shows how Craig McKinney made the bottle
opener that fits inside the bottom of the "shell".
Rotche
Bob Rotche in VA does amazing woodwork plus
awesome bottle stoppers. See Bob's website.
Manuel
Nick Manuel in Maine turned these bottle
openers. I love that they stand either way.
Landers
Mike Landers in TX, turned these impressive
stoppers: 2 bourbon and 1 wine/whiskey stopper.
Landers
Mike Landers also made these 3 stoppers. The
first is a whiskey and 2 wine stoppers.