Here is a great project we just finished for the crew out at Movie World. It went up on the wall at the Village Bean cafe inside the park. The sign was made from reclaimed hardwood timber with a rough white wash finish to give a weathered effect. We then laser etched the recycled timber with a deep burn to get great contrast. The finished product turned out great and looked fantastic on the wall of the cafe.
We were contacted by Surfing Queensland to design and produce the trophies for the Burleigh Breaka Pro. So what we came up with was a large slab of hardwood with an image of Burleigh etched into it. We then mounted the laser cut letters and logos off the wooden base with a piece of clear acrylic. The etched image sat nicely in the background and the hardwood base gave the trophy a nice solid feel.
The guys got some good waves for the event and burleigh hill was packed with spectators. A huge congratulations to Owen Wright and Sally Fitzgibbons for taking out first place in the Mens and Womens events.
We were approached by Pearson Education to create some oversized scrabble pieces made from wood. The pieces ended up being about 200mm high and 100mm deep. Each piece was Laser Etched and paint filled and then individually cut out by our Joiner, Rex. We ended up doing a few sets of the whole alphabet. It was quite a large job, but it turned out really nice and Pearson Education were stoked with the final product!
The lovely people from Lu Lu Lemon Athletica contacted us to create an art piece for their store at Carindale. The brief was a hampton’s style beach theme which incorporated the brands imagery and some of their key phrases. We also had to design it so that the staff can interchange the images and phrases with ease. So the final product was a combination of wood and whitewash, laser cut white mdf and reverse applied acrylic prints. Both the printed acrylics and laser cut lettering are mounted with stainless steel standoffs which are easily changed and replaced. The guys were very happy with the final product and it looked great in the store.
We did this great project with the Gold Coast Arts Centre for their subscription season promotion. We produced a whole bunch of laser cut and laser etched pins. The laser cut badges were cut from a white washed timber ply. We also made a couple of large laser etched and laser cut signs from the same white washed timber. They both turned out amazing!
This is a presentation folder we did for Smart Abode. It was made from a white washed ply with a white leather spine. The front had a Laser Etch into the wooden cover and the back page had a paper laser etch. Nice little job that turned out great.
This was a project for Element Eden as a custom Point of Sale installation. We have done a few skateboards in our time, but we really liked doing these one because of the different colours and effects that the laser produced.
We are very lucky here at Potato Press to be able to work with some extremely talented people. One of those said people is Laura Strange, a Designer and Artists coming out of Brisbane. She approached us to create some custom artworks and jewellery pieces for some upcoming shows she was exhibiting in. We put together an amazing layered laser cut black and white acrylic piece along with some wooden laser cut shapes, which she then incorporated with hand painted watercolours to create a unique artwork. We also cut out a bunch of her geometric shapes from both acrylic and wood, which she has turned into limited edition jewellery. Laura has also been collaborating with Claudio Kirac and the Art-Work Agency to do some amazing things.
Do yourself a favour and check out more of Laura’s work over HERE
We were approached by the Treasury Casino to do a reserved sign for their Kitchen Restaurant. We sourced some New Guinea rosewood and got them cut down to a prism. We then laser etched the logos into the wood and colour filled the RESERVED word with white. The finished product turned out great and the guys at Kitchen were stoked.
This was a great project that we got to do with Claire over at Filter. It is a laser cut business card with white foiled text on a 450gsm Jet Black Keaykolour supplied by K.W.Doggett. The Filter logo is perforated at the bottom which transforms it into a foldable and interactive logo. We love doing projects like these and working with like minded people like Claire.
Here is another job for the guys at Rhythm. We did some laser etched wooden blocks and some self adhesive re-usable stickers to use as point of sale pieces in the new pop-up shop they have in Manly, Sydney. The pieces turned out great and the guys were stoked.
For more info on their new Pop-Up store in conjunction with The Shop Next Door….Head over HERE!
We were approached by Theiss, John Holland and the Airport Link crew to produce some products for the grand opening of the new Brisbane Airport Link. One of the products we made was a Laser Cut and Laser Etched Stainless Steel Coaster for the opening night dinner event. The coasters were designed to represent the huge Tunnel Boring Machines (See pic below). These TBM were the first of their size to be used in Australia.
We did the Large Format Metal Laser Etching on large full sheets of Stainless Steel. The Laser Machine the comes back around and cuts each individual coaster out using the Metal Laser Cutting function. We then Laser Cut Felt discs to adhere to the bottom of the coasters to stop them from sliding around. We finished them of with a Hard Clear Resin Coating to give them extra shine and protection.
The finished product looked great. So much so, that they were getting stolen left, right and centre at the opening event.
