My First Bottle Stoppers

[George Guadiane]

I showed them at our club meeting and someone said they might be too tall to go in the fridge... I'll look out for that in the future, but I liked the forms and I like the added accents.
All of the detail beads were done with the Nano tool (love it!)
From the left:
Press fitted genuine faceted citrine
Press fit Hard enameled Sterling antique pocketwatch back cover.
Press fit coral
All but the curly ash are cocobolo or Brazilian Walnut

[bob svoboda]

Some very nice detail in those stoppers. Nice work, George.

[Mark Hubl]

George,

Those look good. They may be a bit on the tall side. I do a wine bottle shape also, but make the diameter a little wider and embed the stopper within the wine bottle. This can make it a little shorter on the bottle. Need to size it to fit around the top of the bottle. Usually if I embed it I will use a silicone stopper. Nice designs.

[Lee Koepke]

I just ordered my first bottle stopper kit, hope my first ones come out that nice!

[Alan Zenreich]

When I make stoppers, I suggest that bottle stoppers not be put in the refrigerator... but instead used at the table.

I think using the cork in the refrigerator is a better idea and avoids any issues with stopper height, and also potential issues with humidity and temperature on the handle material and finish.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Nice work George! Really like the variety of forms and inlays!

[Tim Rinehart]

George, beautiful stoppers. I haven't done a stopper yet...nice to see so many great ideas out there before I do! ;)


When I make stoppers, I suggest that bottle stoppers not be put in the refrigerator... but instead used at the table.

I think using the cork in the refrigerator is a better idea and avoids any issues with stopper height, and also potential issues with humidity and temperature on the handle material and finish.

Alan, I do agree with this statement.

[Jim Burr]

Nice work George!! Not all wine goes in the fridge so sometimes a little tall isn't a bad thing.

[gary Zimmel]

Nice batch of stoppers George..

[Billy Tallant]

Great looking stoppers!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Those are some great looking stoppers George. Lots of different designs.