Steady Hand Studios
ART PRODUCTION · CAPE TOWN
SH-WEB-002 · EST. 2026 · UNDER THE CUSTODIANSHIP OF PIETER HUGO

Idea to edition.

Steady Hand Studios walks artists’ projects from first thought to print and gallery wall.

One accountable hand on the work, the entire way.

Production, printing, framing, logistics, install: every part, accounted for.

FIG. 1 — A FRAMED EDITION, EXPLODED
1 FRAME shadow gap, oak 2 GLAZING UV70, anti-reflective 3 THE PRINT 3/25 · pigment on rag 4 MOUNT museum board, acid-free 5 BACKING sealed + hanging system in register
your work
lives here →
SELECTED PROJECTS · 2026
PROCESS PHOTOGRAPH — TBC
ARTISTName Surname
MEDIUMArchival pigment print
EDITION3/25 + 2AP
YEAR2026
FINISHED WORK — TBC
ARTISTName Surname
OUTCOMESolo exhibition
FIG. 2 — THE STEADY HAND PROCESS
1 IDEA concept · intention 2 PRODUCTION the work is made 3 PRINTING proofing · colour · edition 4 FRAMING mounting · glazing · crating 5 SHOWING install · lighting · handover AT YOUR SIDE, ADVISING WHERE WE COME IN carried by Steady Hand, start to wall 1 IDEA concept · intention 2 PRODUCTION the work is made 3 PRINTING proofing · colour · edition 4 FRAMING mounting · glazing · crating 5 SHOWING install · lighting · handover in register AT YOUR SIDE, ADVISING WHERE WE COME IN
1It begins with you — the idea, and the ambition for where it should end up.
2You make the work. We stay close: feasibility, budgets and materials advice from day one.
3From here it’s ours to carry. Proofing and printing with master printers — colour decided with you, in person.
4Mounted, glazed, framed and crated to museum standard, built to travel.
5We hang it, light it and hand it over — and leave when it’s right.
THE CUSTODIAN
PORTRAIT — PIETER HUGO
DOCUMENTARY, NATURAL LIGHT

In your corner, start to finish.

Steady Hand Studios operates under the custodianship of Pieter Hugo — a working artist who has carried his own projects through every press, frame shop, freight depot and gallery this process touches.

That experience is what you hire: someone who has stood where you stand, knows where projects go wrong, and stays in the room until yours doesn’t.

Have a project in mind?
Bring us the idea — we’ll walk the rest with you.

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