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.
Recently Potato Press had the honour of attending the second forum in the 7×7 talk series ‘Practicing Professionals’ hosted by Design Institute of Australia on the Gold Coast.
The inaugural Seven by Seven Talk Series promotes collaborative design practice on the Gold Coast and celebrates the creative culture, leisure and lifestyle of the local community. This unique Gold Coast initiative provides connections and networking opportunities for emerging and established design professionals, design students and design related organisations with an aim to initiate collaborative projects that stimulate the design community on the Gold Coast.
The talk featured seven local guest speakers that spoke for seven minutes each covering topics which related to various design disciplines. These included Natasha Edwards from SWELL Sculpture, Conrad Johnsson & Dasomm Choi from Yellow Goat Design, David Cuschieri from The Next Big Think, Mark Goudie from Pluvo, Daniel Della-Bosca from QLD College of Art Griffith Univeristy, Prof Philip Follent Bond University and Angela Lomas from CATC Design School.
Go to www.design.org.au/7×7 for full speaker’s bios and upcoming events.
Photos coming soon to Potato Press facebook
Here is a recent project for Billabong. The brief was to produce a Hand Bound Presentation Book as a departing gift for one of their long standing employees. So what we ended up with was a Laser Cut and Etched A3 Landscape book in a Wooden Beech Finish with a Leather Bound Spine. We also did a Laser Etched Leather bound Slip Case to slide around the Book.
The finished product looked amazing and I know that the recipient is extremely happy to have it sitting on his coffee table.
One of our recent projects was this amazing Laser Etched Recycled Timber Signage for the Rhythm Head Office in Burleigh Heads.
The sign itself was hand made by our joiner Rex from Naramaa Joinery. The timber is reclaimed Australian Hardwood from an old farmhouse in Northern New South Wales. Then Rex gave it a slight white wash finish with a marine grade varnish over the top to prevent weathering. We then finished it off by Laser Etching the Rhythm logo and mounting it to the building.
Here are some images of the process and finished product.
We were recently contacted by Surfing Queensland to design and produce some custom trophies for the 2012 CHIKO Queensland Championship Circuit. The QCC is a series of 4 comps throughout Queensland. Starting with the CHIKO MP Classic at D’Bah then to the CHIKO Sunshine Coast Pro and the CHIKO Alley Classic at Currumbin and finishing up with the CHIKO Burleigh Classic.
The brief was to create something awesome which incorporated the different mythical icons that represent each comp. A splash of stainless steel was also requested.
We chose to incorporate three different materials which complement each other. The back layer is Laser Etched and Laser Cut from a Teak Timber Veneer. The middle layer is a piece of Clear Acrylic with a Reverse Applied Print and the front layer is a piece of Stainless Steel made by Laser Etching and Laser Cutting with our in house Laser Machine.
So this is what we here at Potato Press came up with……..
