One of our first jobs on our New Laser Machine was for The Tara Beach Resort in Vanuatu.
We designed and produced the Key Tags for all of their rooms. We laser cut and etched the tags from Fijian Ply with a marine grade varnish over the top.
The Tir Na Nog’ Laser Etched Sign is for the Resort Owners House on the Island. Tir Na Nog’ is an old celtic saying meaning “Land of the Young”. The sign was made from Meranti wood with a Marine Grade varnish.
We recently did a Promo Package for the Runaway Bay Seagulls Leagues Club’s “Win a Trip to Las Vegas” Promotion.
The package included all Design and Printing of Flyers, Pull up Banners, Point of Sale Stands and the Large Signage out the front of the Club.
Just before Christmas we received our long awaited Large Format Laser Machine.
The new machine has been in the pipeline for a while and after a long wait, it finally arrived direct from the U.S.
With the new machine comes more services and capabilities for Potato Press to offer our clients.
Including -
- Large Format Laser Cutting and Etching – 1220mm x 2440mm bed size
- Commercial Full Sheet Capabilities
- Stainless Steel Cutting and Marking
- Metal Cutting and Marking
- Larger and Thicker Substraights
- Intricate Etching on a Large Scale
For more information about our new capabilities, don’t hesitate to drop us a line.
Here is some promo material we have done for the new Australian Outback Spectacular show, Spirit of the Horse.
The Promo Material consisted of Wide Format Digital Printed Backlits, Digital Printed Members Only Passes and Printed and Foiled Premium Top Rail Passes.
Happy New Year!!!! After a great 2011, we have hit the ground running in 2012. Already starting to get busy.
Here is a huge job we finished last year.
We had to make thousands of these Laser Cut and Laser Etched Note Pad Boxes for Gunnersens, who are Australia’s largest privately owned Timber and Wood-Based Panel supply company. They were used for their corporate christmas gifts.
We came up with all of the concepts through to final designs for the boxes. Gunnersens supplied the veneered MDF, of course, we then Laser Cut and Etched them, then had to put them all together by hand.
Big job, but the final product was great and the client was stoked!
Here are some more Laser Cut Christmas Cards, this time they are for Village Roadshow Theme Parks.
It is a great design, very intricate and detailed. Love the way that the presents flying out of Santa’s sleigh line up using both layers.
Merry Christmas everyone…. We will see you in the New Year!
Here are some christmas cards we did for the Department of Education.
Printed on a metalic stock and then Laser Cut Snowfakes for some extra detail. Great idea for that point of difference.
Contact us if you would like to do something special for your christmas gifts this year!
Here is a recent project we did for Honda Power Equipment and Hinterland Mowers.
We produced some Laser Cut Signage that acts as moveable Point of Sale Signs to hang over Product Racks. We designed and manufactured everything in house.
The laser Cut Lettering gives a 3D signage feel and the finished product looks great.
We are currently working on some more Innovative Signage for Honda… Stay Tuned.
A little while ago we did some Wedding invites for a client, and they also asked for some Laser Cut CD Covers.
So we cut them from the same stock we printed the cards on, Curious Metalics and here is the final product….
We do a bit of Point of Sale Promo stuff for the guys over at Movie World, but recently they wanted to do something a bit different.
So here it is, a 2 layered Laser Cut 3D Point of Purchase Standee. Quite a simple concept, with a really effective and eye catching result!
We also produced some Laser Cut Standees for Sea World Cruises.
We recently printed the Sassy Survivors 2012 Calendar.
Everyone here at Potato Press were stoked to be involved with the lovely Ladies from Sassy Survivors and were glad to help out for such a great cause.
The Calendar itself is Great. Beautiful pics by Gold Coast Pinup Photography.
Do yourself a favour and get yourself one of these sassy calendars and help support these amazing women.
You can purchase them at the Sassy Survivors EBAY site HERE OR Drop the girls a line on the Sassy Survivors Facebook HERE.
Here are a couple of shots of the catalogue…
This is a recent project we did for NuFlow Technologies.
We had to design and produce their annual awards trophies and wall plaques.
There were 4 different categories, each one incorporating a different colour.
The trophies are a stand alone piece handed out to the winner of each category. The wall plaques are a larger version of the trophy, which hang on the wall of the NuFlow head office and get updated each year with the new winners.
The trophies consist of 3 separate layers of acrylic, each one a different colour. It also have a laser etched plaque and a domed logo.
Here is one of the finished products.
Potato Press is committed to sourcing, promoting and providing timber products that are certified under FSC ®. As an active supporter of the campaign to improve forest management and with growing public awareness of environmental issues, we have made significant moves towards stocking a wider range of products that originate from certified forests.
As a natural and potentially sustainable resource, well managed forests from which forest products are produced, provide significant and measurable environmental and economic benefits to communities, regions, countries and consumers.
Organisations such as Forest Stewardship Council ® (FSC) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC) have developed standards outlining what is required to ensure forests are well managed. Forests are certified by an independent third-party against these standards.
Consumers need to be able to identify which wood products have originated from certified forests. This can be difficult, as wood can pass through various owners and processes before reaching the consumer.
Potato Press are committed to caring for our environment, both natural and man-made, to the best of our ability.
Impress your staff, clients and suppliers this Christmas with a custom handmade gift. Potato Press have been inspired to make this Christmas unique!
Our in house artist can create a design personalised to your company, incorporating your company branding and logo. We’ll take out all the work this Christmas by designing, making, and delivering your gifts to your office. We also have a range of pre-made designs available if you want a simple solution.
Keeping our environment top of mind, Potato Press have only sourced FSC compliant timbers from Australian suppliers to make our custom designed made products.
This gift keeps giving, once the paper has run out call us for your paper refills.
View the latest Potato Press tailored work online here
Here is a shot of the latest Laser Etched Skateboard Trophy we did for the Billabong City Squared Asia, Skateboarding Competition, which was held in Singapore on the 27th & 28th of August.
Congratulations to local skater Firdaus Rahman who won the event, taking home $10,000.
We here at Potato Press feel very privileged to have produced the very first Andy Irons Forever Award for the 2011 Billabong Pro in Teahupo’o Tahiti.
We were involved from the design and concept stage all the way through to completion.
It was made from a combination of Laser Etched and Cut Red Cedar, A Grade Ply and Brushed Aluminum Acrylic.
All the pieces were layered on top of each other to give the trophy depth and texture.
A huge congratulations goes to Jeremy Flores from France who was awarded the trophy for the most committed surfer of the whole event.
Flores surfed unbelievably well throughout the whole comp and even scored a perfect heat, getting two 10 point rides.
Check out the clip below of Bruce Irons presenting the Trophy to Jeremy Flores. Check out full coverage of the event over HERE…
Andy Irons Forever….
Just finished the Air Tahiti Nui Von Zipper Trials, Craig Lee Memorial Trophy for 2011.
We only finished this on Friday, Dropped it down to the boys Friday Arvo, then it traveled to Teahupoo, Tahiti and was awarded to the Winner on Sunday!
All of us here at Potato Press have been huge fans of the Billabong Pro Teahupoo Tahiti for years. It was a real honor to be involved with this project from initial concepts all the way through to final product.
Congratulations to Ricardo Dos Santos of Brazil, winner of the Air Tahiti Nui Von Zipper Trials.
He now gets a shot at the title of the Billabong Pro Tahiti 2011 and will go up against all the Pro Surfers on the ASP World Tour.
Stay tuned for some more Potato Press involvement with the Billabong Pro Tahiti 2011.
We just wrapped up a Graphic Fit Out for Hurley at Harbour Town, Helensvale.
The install involved Large Format Printed Signage, Wall Graphics, Laser Cut Signage and a Light Box.
We had Lexi (pictured), our work experience girl, on board helping us out with the install aswell!!
Sorry for the lack of posts!! We have been flat out……Anyways…
Here is a recent job we did for Billabong. They are some Custom Made Trophies for the Occy Grom Comp held at D’bah.
Here is a clip of a recent project we were involved in.
It is a human iPhone suit. It was part of the new Australian Good Food and Travel Guide (AGFG) iPhone App Promotion.
We created the front screen and back of the iPhone, using 6mm laser cut acrylic and digital print.
The suit was then fitted with a working flatscreen T.V. inside, which had to be run by a Car Battery.
Needless to say, the suit was quite heavy. We are currently helping to find a lighter alternative.
Check out the clip below.
Here is a recent office graphic fit out for Gold Coast Advertising Agency, Cooper & Westwood. They recently moved into a new office space and asked us to do some graphics throughout the office for them.
We did Printed and Vinyl Cut Glass Graphics, which flowed through all the windows in the office.
We also did a Laser Cut Timber Screen for their boardroom window. We used Fijian Ply, which has a nice grain and colour to it.
Check out the finished product……
We have been BUSY!!!!!!
Lots of different projects on the go. We can’t release the images until the clients release the products. So sit tight!
For the meantime, here are some images of a Laser Cut and Etched Rising Sun Emblem we did for a local army barracks.
Turned out really good! Check it out…..
Oh…. and we had a Potato & Friends weekend away at Brooms Head. Jas and I caught some Fish. Mine is the big one! Just kidding….. I didn’t catch any.
Raleigh Paper have some pretty amazing Paper Stocks. Recently we were approached by the guys at Raleigh Paper in Brisbane to do some Laser Etched Paper and Laser Cut Paper samples for them. We jumped at the chance to test out some of their awesome paper in our Laser. We got some really great results. My personal favorites were the Plike Brown 330gsm and the Via Felt 270gsm. We also got Jason, our in-house book binder, to put together a hard case folder to keep the samples nice and safe.
Thanks heaps to Michelina from Raleigh Paper for hooking us up with all the great samples.
We did some laser etched skateboards for Billabong as Trophies for their City Squared Skate comp down at Queensbridge Square on Melbourne’ Southbank.
Here are some pics of the Winner Sam Giles in action and holding the trophy!
Here is another job for our friends over at Billabong.
To utilise the wooden blocks we produced for them a few months ago, they wanted a logo that could be interchangeable with the poster stands.
And here they are……
