We were aproached by the Campbelltown Shire Council to create this custom timber commemorative awards. The awards consisted of Australian Blackbutt, Tasmanian Oak, Red Cedar, Iron bark (Which was from a tree that was felled from the local Army barracks) and Pine which was a direct decendant of the Lone Pine from Gallipoli, sourced from the Inverell RSL. It was a great project to be invovled in.
We were approached by the QLD Premier’s Department to create an award for the QLD 2015 Premier’s Reconciliation Award. This award was to go to organisations helping to shape and improve the future of Queensland’s reconciliation. The ceremony was so they have the opportunity to receive their rightful acknowledgement through these prestigious awards. The Queensland Theatre Company (QTC) and Sibelco Australia have taken out the 2015 Premier’s Reconciliation Award for an all-company Indigenous Program led from the stage by the critically-acclaimed production, Black Diggers. We constructed this great stylised, layered and unique award to compliment the distinguished and important event.
Here’s a cool unique idea for a timber menu for a special event organised by the guys over at Event Planet late last year. Made in our factory out of high quality marine ply, finished to a high sheen and then UV printed with the graphics. We think it’s a great look and can’t wait to create something cool like this again!
We were engaged by the guys over at Press Garage for special project for Eat Southbank . The idea was to send food/drink sample boxes to people of the food industry & media world. This was partnered with an invitation to a special event held by Eat Southbank for their launch. The items produced for the project included custom made, joinery finished ‘wine box’ style pine boxes. These were partitioned to fit perfectly within the outer box to fit assorted food, drinks and nibbles. Each item had its own pine UV printed and lasercut label. Each Lid was laser-cut and etched, and each compartment filled with wood wool for a nice rustic look. The invitations were laser etched and cut for the recipients of the boxes. We are very happy with the result we achieved and look forward to doing more of this kind of work!
We love getting creative with our projects, so when the Windansea Surf Club asked us to create a new trophy for them we were excited to come up with something special for them. When drafting this up we wanted to make some beautiful Custom Lasercut Trophies that captured the feeling of the glassy ocean. We love the colours that the custom coloured acrylic produces when the light hits it, it really seems to illuminate; really bringing the visual characteristics of the ocean to the finished product. The layers of acrylic add a nice depth to trophy and also give a nice weight (always nice to hold something of substance). Overall we are proud to tell people that these were designed, constructed, and finished; all on site by our team.
Well it’s nearly Christmas, and nothing says Christmas like the UV print custom build we got to do for the guys over in Southbank including; Custom designed and hand crafted chairs built at our joinery, then the inserts printed and cut and fitted in our factory, a one of a kind reindeer! Designed, printed, cut, assembled all in factory and transported up to Southbank for the Xmas markets, a very festive pattern uv printed directly onto the timber and mounted as facades for the Xmas market shops.
It looks like it’s going to be a great time as they’ll be having multiple events over the christmas period including the Stanley Street markets and performers and some yummy food and drinks to eat.
Here’s a set of trophies we enjoyed making here at Potato Press. The large trophy is a perpetual award for the ‘James Slipper Trophy’ at Bond University. The small one is for the recipient to take home.
We created these custom trophies for the Coast of Origin surfing competition. The winners won the laser etched + printed plaque, and the runner ups won the straight printed plaque.
The Mad Hueys are hosting The Komune Bali Pro surfing competition at Kermas Beach in Bali, and they approached us to build some trophies for the winners.
The colours really pop on the UV print on the acrylic and the wood back.
Here’s some action from the event:
http://vimeo.com/108447105
It’s always exciting when we are given more room to be creative with our job. So when the Pica Awards Committee asked us to come up with not 1 but 2 creative trophies we couldn’t wait to get started!
So here is the Environmental Trophy with a layered lasercut acrylic/wood combo to create the effect of water over land. And also the Progressive Trophy which is contemporary and visually striking (much like the work of the person receiving the award), made with coloured layered acrylic. Both were finished nicely with our joinery wood borders.
The guys over at Bass Nation asked us to come up with something really cool for their fishing competitions that they are having. So we created these custom layered pieces, along with some keyrings for the competitors; that we were excited to hand over to them.
