Hi, I'm Dr. Sarah Lewis Cortes. Welcome to my art and calligraphy world. 
You can read about my art interests and background here.
You can read about my cyber interests on my profe​​ssional technology and research site. 

My work featured in 2025 in a group show at the Skylight Gallery, San Francisco Public Library 

Douz Amants- Marie de France 1184 AD- in medieval Italic calligraphy

Red hand marbled paper

Handmade marbled paper, classic Rounded Back Cloth Binding

Dante's Inferno- in Art Nouveau calligraphy

Hand marbled paper

Poetry calligraphy book 2022

Copperplate lettering hand

Hand marbled paper

Kinmont WIllie by Sir Walter Scott- Uncial calligraphy

The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe- in Copperplate calligraphy

Lilacs - illustration, calligraphy poetry book

Hand marbled pima cotton fabric

Illustration for poetry book in French Script calligraphy

Hand marbled paper

Dante's Inferno in Fraktur calligraphy

Flat-Back Case Binding, handmade paste paper

I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing By, illustrated, Art Nouveau calligraphy

Calligraphy Poetry book in French Script

Hand Bound book- coptic binding

The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe in Copperplate calligraphy

Smooth Operator by Sade in medieval Italic calligraphy

A Lass in Wonderland by FR Scott, 1962, in Fraktur calligraphy

Hand marbled paper

Copperplate calligraphy

Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in Vienna Expressionist lettering

Art Card, Arches text wove paper

Douz Amants, Marie de France, 1185, in medieval calligraphy hand

Hand marbled paper

Illustration for calligraphy poetry book in Copperplate lettering hand

Handl marbled paper

Kites, illustration for calligraphy poetry book

Hand marbled paper

Illustration for calligraphy poetry book

I Segretti per Imparare L'Italiano, book by Sarah Lewis Cortes in Gothic Textura Quadrata calligraphy with Gothic French Versals

Larcom Eclogues, decorated poetry book by Canon Rev. Dr. Brian Kelley in medieval Italic calligraphy

Dicta and Contradicta - Epigrams of Karl Kraus, translated by Jonathan George Kelley McVity, hand lettered in Fraktur calligraphy

Words Create Worlds, poetry by Ada Jo Mann, hand calligraphed book in French Script

Dicta and Contradicta - Epigrams of Karl Kraus, translated by Jonathan George Kelley McVity, hand lettered in Fraktur calligraphy

Articulated binding with handmade marbled cloth

Calligraphy- Italic Lettering

Photography

Calligraphy- Uncial- Kinmont Willie

Copperplate Calligraphy- The Raven, Edgar Allen Poe

Fabrics Pima Cotton- Italian Marbled Fleur de Lis

Calligraphy- Art Nouveau Lettering

Lilacs, Illustration for calligraphy poetry book

Calligraphy- Uncial

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Decorated paper- Italian marbled

Blackletter Calligraphy with Gothic Versals

Handmade marbled paper, classic Rounded Back Cloth Binding

Bookbinding- Hand bound books

Decorated paper- Italian marbled

Vienna Expressionist Art Nouveau Lettering- Inferno, Dante

Copperplate Calligraphy- The Raven, Edgar Allen Poe

Articulated binding with handmade marbled cloth

Art: Calligraphy. Calligraphy Books. Marbled Papers. Marbled Fabrics. Letterpress. 
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Digital Media: Photography. Video.  Websites. Digital Art.  Graphic Design.

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