Light MK1 Special

Light MK1 Special - Commissioned by dad in red. The powder coating has come up a treat and although once dubious about the colour I've come to really like it. These are not far off being available so let us know if you're interested. Colour range to be confirmed.

Cyclic Rack

Cyclic Rack, originally uploaded by Jem S Freeman.

Annnnnnnd in the ground it goes. After a few side walk related delays the Cyclic Bike Rack has been installed by local council. Evan chose a very nice copper with metallic fleck for the powder coat. Zing.

Plasma cut in 6mm mild steel plate, welded to some 50mm OD nominal bore tube and hand finished to remove any sharp edges.

You can find Evan and his well stocked Cyclic on Pin Oak Crescent in Newmarket, worth a visit if you need spoke related pleasures.

15/15 International Film Festival 2009

Smog - Watch last year's entry here.

I suppose we should add a department to Like Butter with the subtitle of Productions or something similar. Saturday night was Awards Night for the 2009 15/15 International Film Festival and our most recent effort Blink managed to snare 3 of 5 nominations:

Best Animation
Best Script/Story
Best Direction

Our crew of three; Jem and Laura of Like Butter and Sixto of Too Yeah Media, were graciously pipped at the post for Best Film, an award they have taken home in both 2008 and 2007. Just more incentive to push harder next year! :)

Many thanks and respect to the 15/15 crew for running this mad little festival for the last nine years!

PGD and Tilt Trikes

Post-gargoyle-disorder (PGD) was a killer. Aimless mornings wondering how to cleanup the billion white beads adhered to the walls, floor, ceiling and every pocket of every pair of pants regardless of whether they were worn in the workshop or not.

Aside from the cleanup effort, PGD treatment has included the building of a front wheel drive delta trike with tilt shift steering. Tricycles evoke strong memories of muscle fatigue and wet lycra from high school days racing in the Maryborough 24 hour Energy Breakthrough, so I can't wait to be back on three wheels.

Gargoyle

 See the time lapse video here.

It's been quiet on the Butterweb, primarily due to this Chrysler Building Gargoyle that we spent a solid week and a half on - from framework through to polystyrene and plaster. Contracted and produced by designer Robert Sim this was an absolute monster to complete in time for a shoot in Sydney but a whole lot of fun too. Angle grinding foam with a wire brush to create snow blizzards a definite highlight. It departed in a semi earlier in the week leaving a trail of little white beads that seem to stick to EVERYTHING! One day we might even get to see it on the big screen, who knows.

Cymbal Fixing

A whole new experience for myself and the router. We fixed a cymbal! Putting a stop to the 15mm crack creeping in from an edge. All very exciting and got me thinking about jigs to fix different sized cymbals etc.

Tumbleweed Lights

Upon their return from the Melbourne Town Hall for Spring Fashion Week. We were in Sydney at the time and have not yet seen photos but Kate Gaskin told us that;

"they looked beautiful in the Town Hall space and were the perfect accompaniment to the collections."

Thanks Kate for the opportunity and if anyone would like a Tumbleweed of their very own feel free to drop us a line. We're happy to hire too if you're into events and such.