After several months and many meetings the new Ortiz Studios web site has gone “live” this morning.  First of all, thank you to my friends Michael Wootton of Chesapeake Bay Internet Associates and to Karen Ashley for their thoughtful and patient  work on my behalf. Karen and Michael had some ideas about how to present [...]

A Novice Learns from a Master

My cousin, once removed, i.e. my first cousin’s son, Orion, came to spend a week with my family and work with me.   I asked him to write about his experience before he left.  His unedited words follow… Many of you who read this may have encountered situations in which you must use a chainsaw to cut [...]

My uncle Nick, God rest his soul, was a good businessman and an artist at heart.  When I became a furniture maker he would always tell me: “you have to think big.”  So I’d like to think that he might be smiling down on me with my latest…”let’s try this” idea.  Dear Friends,      I’ve [...]