Artists' Best Of Gallery
This Gallery is the Unique, the Finely Finished and Most Imaginative creations.
There are not a lot in this Gallery as it changes as new pictures are submitted.
The original stoppers with three o-rings are no longer available.
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If there is no contact info, email me: nilesstopper@gmail.com to contact artist.
Mike Hurst
Mike Hurst UT
Made these beautiful jellyfish stoppers.
Ruth Niles
Turned Maple with pyrography created
by Ruth Niles
Ruth Niles
Bottle stopper with decorative
wood burning by Ruth Niles
Ruth Niles
Woodturning with pyrography
on bottle opener by Ruth Niles
Steichen
Roman Steichen in MD made this awesome
tenderizer mallet with apple sticks in epoxy
and apple green PearlEx. Beautiful!
Bennett opener
Steve Bennett in MA puts straw flowers in
resin for this awesome bottle cap opener.
Bennett stopper
Steve Bennett in MA case a dandelion
seed head in resin. Looks Electric!
Steichen
Roman Steichen in MD made this great meat
tenderizer mallet and engraved the handle.
Page2
Jamie Page, UK turned this bottle opener
and bottle stopper. See video.
Page
Jamie Page in UK turned this goblet from a resin
blank made by Jake Thompson. Fantastic!
Jacobson
Carl Jacobson turned this beer bottle opener
in the same shape as an Easy Wood handle.
Dietz
Stephen Dietz in LA turned this customized whiskey
stopper to fit a half gallon Crown Royal bottle.
DeCarlo
Philip DeCarlo in SC did these totally impressive
openers. Beautiful colors and nice shapes.
Mellin
Ted Mellin in CO has a fantastic craft show
display. Customers love it.
Dubois
Daniel Dubois in KS made these gaming
dice bottle openers. Terrific Gift idea.
Horner
Joel Horner, TX, poured his own honeycomb blank,
turned a shot glass for a whiskey bottle stopper.
Horner
Joel Horner, TX poured his own honeycomb
blank to turn this whiskey bottle stopper.
Horner
Joel Horner, TX, poured his own resin
blank for this turned whiskey stopper.
Horner
Another honeycomb turning blank made
by Joel Horner, TX. Shot glass stopper!
Rotundo
Colorful array of bottle stoppers created by Tony
Rotundo in De. Very attractive selection.
Simpson
John Simpson, Calif. used 7 different
woods for the bottle and label, which is
all inlay design. Fantastic work!
Simpson
John Simpson, Calif., turned the tray, the
stopper and the bottle! All details are inlay.
Lynch
Ken Lynch in CA, turned wood eggs and a friend
painted them. He used SS-9038 stoppers. Great!
Niles
Stopper display with a flare.
Williams shell
Jeff Williams, WA, Great Imagination!
Check BARN website in WA.
Peterson opener
Rick Peterson in WA poured this
resin and burl bottle opener top.
Beautiful color combination.
Peterson 2 pink
Rick Peterson in WA made this beautiful
bottle opener and stopper set.
Rotundo
Tony Rotundo in DE created this starfish
bottle stopper. So attractive!
Tom Clark
Tom Clark in NC, used 150 yr. old spalted White
Oak to make the whiskey stoppers and stand.
Beautiful work and super special gift!
Walcott meat
Jim Walcott in AR does creative engraving on the
tops of meat tenderizers for that special chef!
Knotts
Steve Knotts in WV turns oak barrel bungs into
stoppers and custom engraves the tops. Nice!
Brooks
Nancy Brooks in VA made these festive pizza
cutters with sculpturing Apoxie. Very Mexican!
Sheahan
Mike Sheahan, NY, carved this
St. Patrick's Day special stopper.
Baum
Peter Baum in Ohio uses antique pocket watches
to create very unique bottle stoppers.
Tucker
Tim Tucker in NC, turned this wine glass
from Bacote and put Abalone shells
on the top. Cool design.
McLean
Gary McLean in TX turned the perfect
stopper Sombrero for his Tequila!
Williams Jeff3
Jeff Williams made these stoppers with resin in shells.
He works with BARN in Bainbridge Island, WA.
Mawson
Awesome bottle stopper and base done
by Steve Mawson. Perfect basket weave
illusion work.
Mawson
Steve Mawson, NE, turned this stopper and base
then did the basket weave illusion work. I love it!
Abner
Mark Abner in KY turned this beautiful bottle
stopper and shot glass. Terrific work!
Sutton
Larry Sutton mounted a Challenge coin
to the stopper with clear epoxy. Wow!
Rinde 4
Jim Rinde's grandson put a Tea Tree flower
in clear resin to create this bottle stopper.
Rinde1
Another beauty by Jim Rinde and his
grandson. Terrific wine bottle stopper.
Kesler openers
Steve Kesler, PA, shows 3 entirely
different shapes and sizes for openers.
Drozda
Cindy Drozda, professional woodturner, created
this adorable owl bottle stopper. Learn How to
make this owl. Cindy
Sanders
Gary Sanders laminated wood, turned and
carved to make the best beer bottle opener.
Mawson
Steve Mawson in NE makes the neatest basket
weave illusion bottle stoppers. So amazing.
Wohlgemuth broken glass
Steve Wohlgemuth put the broken glass from
a Jewish wedding in resin, made this for the
bride and groom. Wonderful!
Dinse 3
Dan Dinse in PA did a great job on these 2 whiskey
bottle stoppers and the bottle cap opener. Nice work.
Erickson
Brian Erickson in CO created this awesome
stopper using Elm burl and epoxy resin. Wow!
Hoover
Matt Hoover in PA makes marbles and
this is awesome. I love the colors.
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.
Rick O’Ryan
Rick O'Ryan in NM turned this beautiful bottle
opener from Spanish Broom (a weed!)
Elsa 4 snowmen
Elsa Oppenheimer turned these and said "Just like
people, snowmen are all different".
Wallace
Rob Wallace turned this great
bottle opener. Love the shape.
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.
Scott Grove
Scott Grove, renowned woodworker, turned and
used Paua inlay for this red, white and blue stopper.
Woodward
Front and back of this amazing stopper
turned by Rick Woodard in WY. Love it!