We were extremely excited when approached by Sportsnet to laser etch and manufacture the awards for the "Sportsnet Hottest Bardtender '10". This project required some manufacturing and assemble that we weren't too familiar with, but with the schematics and specifications from the Sportsnet creative department, the results were great. The awards look really cool and it was lot's of fun working on these.
Continue reading...11. January 2010
A couple of weeks ago... last year, we had the crew of the show Pimp My PC at our office to learn what we do, how we do it and how cool laser etching your tech really is. From the show: Lucas is sleeved out with Star Wars tattoos, making him look a bit like an enforcer in some kind of sci-fi Yakuza. Carrying around a decidedly factory default-looking laptop is not befitting a man who clearly holds customization near to his heart.
Continue reading...27. October 2009
Our friends at Tkaro Inc. are about to launch their new beautiful glass water bottle and we teamed up with them to give you the option of ordering your water bottle with your own custom etching. This is not just another water bottle! The body of the bottle is brushed stainless steel but the actual container is made of glass, with the steel cover protecting the glass when the bottle is not being used. This bottle looks amazing! The bottle will be available in November 2009 but you can already pre-order yours at www.tkaro.com
Continue reading...9. October 2009
We were approached by our friend Mike from The Game Cartel to create custom laser etched VIP cards for members of the media and other VIP guests to try the newly launched website for the cartel. The design was provided to us, which looked really cool, and we had to produce several cards, with variable media, i.e., different Username and Password on each card to allow the VIP guest to login to the Cartel website and try out the new features.
Continue reading...30. September 2009
Well... another different type of item etched! Laser etched velvet! Our friend Kerry came over to etch 3 large pieces of high quality velvet for the upholstery of a chair. There were a few different challenges in getting this done: the size of the velvet pieces was a problem. Fitting all that material inside the laser while keeping it flat was not easy. But Kerry being a designer, found a nice way to fold it and leave some excess hanging out the front of the laser.
Continue reading...15. September 2009
A couple of days ago we etched our very first Amazon Kindle 2. It's a great little e-book reader so we got a call to etch several of these, we got all excited! Wohoo... a new item to etch. The etched turn out great on the back of the unit, which was customized with the owner's name and a company logo. Also, we were asked to etch the leather sleeve for the Kindles, which also turned out great. All the units were etched with different names and were ready for delivery the next day.
Continue reading...10. September 2009
We etch a lot of Apple products! I admit it. It’s not because we are major fans of Apple (although their products do look super cool and always etch amazingly well) but because the customers that come into our studio to get laptops etched, most own a version of the Macbook Pro. Today we etched a [...]
Continue reading...21. August 2009
We just etched a 'Special Edition' leather notebook for The Game Cartel. The design features the main game image, the publisher logo and the name of the owner. The artwork was great and the details really popped out. Check the pics bellow.
Continue reading...28. July 2009
Macbooks, iPod and cell phones are the items that we etch most frequently. But my favorite one to work on are Macbooks. Not only the result looks amazing, but they are large and flat which gives you a lot of space and freedom to create and setup great designs for the customers that want to get etched!
Continue reading...10. July 2009
A client was looking to get several wooden digital pictures frames custom etched for an event and they came to HiTechTattoos to get it done. The artwork and specifications were provided by the client and we handled the setup and testing.
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12. February 2010