Potato Press has been getting in to the christmas spirit with a project we have done for the Brisbane Bright Stars Christmas Carols decorations.
We put together 2 large laser cut and illuminated acrylic christmas trees and a large illuminated star which hung from the marquee. Along with that we did some large laser cut free standing three wise men, a bunch of small hanging laser cut stars and a large banner spanning the face of the marquee.
Everything turned out fantastic and looks great all set up. Drop down to the carols if you are in the Brisbane area!
We recently teamed up with the guys at Mighty Mighty Cue & Brew to do some menus and wall art pieces for the brand new American BBQ and Smokehouse Restaurant that is opening in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. The menus are made out of American Walnut with 3 different colour edging to represent the Drinks, Food and Desert menus. The large playing card wall hangings are also made from Walnut and feature laser etched characters over the top of painted graphics. The whole project was great fun to put together. If you are in Brisbane, make sure you swing by Mighty Mighty to check it all out and hook in to some ribs and beer while you are there!
This is one of those projects that we love here at Potato Press. We were approached by a Brisbane company to produce a large perpetual sculpture for there internal staff awards. The brief was to create a striking scupltural piece based off the awards brolga logo to sit in the foyer of their Brisbane office. Something that was more artistic and interpretive. So what we ended up with was a layered laser cut stainless steel brolga which sat on a custom built timber plinth. Our Joiner Rex almost killed our designer when he got the specs for the timber plinth, but the final result was worth all the effort that went into it. The final result looked amazing sitting in the foyer of their newly refurbished office.
Here is a project that we worked on a while ago. We were approached by the Cooktown Shire council to produce some large format laser etched stainless steel panels to be on public display at one of the lookouts. The artwork was done by local Cooktown artist Waratah Nicholls. The panels were 6mm thick stainless and weighed a tonne. We laser etched the 6 panels and sent them back up to Cooktown for them to install. A friend of our sent us these pictures after their trip up north.
Here is a nice little job we did which is some Laser Cut and Foiled Invites.
We printed onto a gold foil stock one side and did foiled text on the other side. We then laser cut it to the shape of a pistol! They looked great and the client was stoked.
Here are some images from the Regional Flavours Festival that happened at Southbank Brisbane in July.
The River cottage laser cut signage was made from 10mm ply with some custom colouring. The final signage looks great installed on the green walls, surrounded by herbs, strawberries and masterchefs!
All extra images courtesy of the Regional Flavours facebook page.
This is a project that we did for Time Pet Products. It was a trophy for their internal staff awards night. The trophies are made from Recycled Spotted Gum Hardwood Timber and laser etched with some typography that we custom designed. The timber came out looking great after we gave it a bit of love and the laser etch really set it off.
These are the latest trophies we have put together for Billabong and the 10th anniversary Occy Grom Comp. They are laser cut and laser etched painted timber that is then layered on top of each other to add a bit more dimension. The guys were stoked with the outcome and it looked like the groms got some good waves too.
This is a great little project we were involved in for the Brisbane Southbank Regional Flavours Food Festival. We produced some laser cut timber signage for The Hunting Club, which is a beer and cider tasting event running over the festival. We also made some laser cut and laser etched beer sampler paddles. They turned out great and should go down well with the crowd at Regional Flavours.
Here is a job that we recently finished for Element Skateboards. They are laser cut timber and red acrylic logo point of sale stand. The ply is laser cut and mounted to both sides of the acrylic. It is then routered around the edges to give the appearance of a skateboard. We ended up doing 100 of these and they turned out great. Keep an eye out for the in skate and surf stores around Australia and NZ.
Here is a piece we did for our studio. It is laser cut and laser etched timber. It is then painted and layered together to make a nice little typography sign.
This sign also compliments our new Potato Press branding. We thought it was time for a bit of revamp. We hope you like it!
We were approached by the Inverell RSL to produce a memorial plaque for the Battle of Lone Pine at Gallipoli. What made this job special was the fact that we were to make the plaques from the timber from a seedling of the original Lone Pine of Gallipoli.
The story goes…” Two brothers, Benjamin and Mark Smith from Inverell, NSW were involved in the capture of the Lone Pine positions. Mark was killed in the action. Benjamin, a Lance Corporal, noticed that the Turks had been using the branches of a Lone Pine tree to cover their trenches. He saw that trees had been destroyed in the battle and it is probable that his thoughts went home to his mother who was well known for her “green thumbs”. He plucked one of the cones from the destroyed tree and sent it to her. Benjamin’s twin brother, Bert also enlisted in the 1st AIF. The mother planted three seeds shed by the cone and like the story of the three boys, two trees lived and one died. In 1930 Mrs McMullen, the boys’ mother sent one of the trees to Inverell where the boys had lived, the second tree was sent to Canberra for the opening of the War Memorial. The Duke of Gloucester planted the tree on 24th October, 1934 dedicated to the memory of Mrs McMullen’s son, Mark and other sons who fell at Lone Pine. The timber used in this plaque is from the original Lone Pine seedling. The tree was felled in 2007 due to safety concerns.”
So our joiner, Rex, milled down the slabs of pine from the Lone pine seedling and put together this large timber plaque. We then designed the the plaque using images and maps from the battle of Gallipoli. The plaque was presented to the city of Inverell on Anzac day, The unveiling of the plaque was made by Member for New England, Tony Windsor and Ms Ruth Smith, a niece of the Smith Brothers.
We here at Potato Press are extremely proud to have been a part of this amazing project and we would like to thank Hans and everyone at the Inverell RSL Sub Branch for asking us to be involved with such a memorable job.
More images and stories can be found at the Inverell Times and The National Daily Leader.
