Boekbinding
Marc Louwers has been practicing bookbinding since 2018. He discovered this craft through the long-term training program at the book workshop of the Royal Museum of Mariemont (instructors Véronique Van Mol and Elise Van Rechem).
He still regularly attends workshops organized by the Mariemont book workshop and by ARA Belgica, the Association of Art Bookbinders, of which he is a member.
He also completed bookbinding training at the Arts and Crafts School in Brussels (Jeanne Toussaint Institute) and graduated as a "Bookbinder and Gilder" in 2025. He is also enrolled in the bookbinding workshop at the Jean-Jacques Gaillard Academy of Fine Arts in Saint-Gilles (instructors Gina Pimparel, Elise Van Rechem, and Hugo Liesen).
Marc Louwers creates contemporary bindings, which he regularly exhibits. When the exhibition setting allows, he favours bindings of texts that he writes himself.
Some achievements
Acoustical Monografs 2018
Single-section binding
Cover and pocket made of 300 g/m² Fedrigoni paper.
Dimensions: 110 mm x 150 mm x 9 mm
EKOS and his lektern
Book: EKOS – 100 Masterpieces from the History of Sound
Unique copy, 2023 edition
Printed on Archibald Kraft restoration paper by the author
Lectern in Bertrix schist stone engraved by Carine Van Erps
Author and binder: Marc Louwers
Binding: cross-stitched linen thread over non-woven ribbons
6mm birch plywood boards lined with felt
Dimensions: 140mm x 140mm x 170mm
This binding was featured in the exhibition "Design a book"
From Shatranj to The Queen’s Gambit
Book: De Shatranj à Queen’s Gambit
Unique copy, 2023 edition
Printed on Original Crown Mill (Brussels) laid paper by the author
Author and binder: Marc Louwers
Binding: Honeycomb stitching with linen thread on non-woven tape
Leather-framed covers with printed paper
Dimensions: 150mm x 108mm x 23mm
This book was featured in the "Livres en main" exhibition.
One hundred masterpieces in the history of sound
Collection of one hundred one-section bindings. Year 2024
Printed by the author on various papers
Author and binder: Marc Louwers
One hundred bindings, each different in at least one of the following ways: printing paper, endpapers, cover, or binding thread
Embossed rubber and ink on the covers
Dimensions: 140mm x 150mm x 3 to 5mm
Egyptian Grammar
Book: Grammaire égyptienne
Author: J.F. Champollion the Younger. Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, publisher, 1836
Unique facsimile printed by the bookbinder on Ingres paper
Binder and gilder: Marc Louwers
Swiss binding in papyrus lined with Japanese paper
Title in Oeser bands
Presented on glass on a hemp mat in a wooden crate reminiscent of the transport of Egyptian antiquities to Western museums
Dimensions: 210 mm x 132 mm x 52 mm
This binding was featured in the exhibition "Egypte éternelle"
Le dit de la renarde
Book: " Le dit de la renarde"
Engravings by Chris Delville, illustrated with texts by François Emmanuel
Published by Esperluète in Neuville-sur-Mehaigne, 2023
Binder: Marc Louwers
Sewn binding in the Coptic style with paper-covered boards
Engraving by Chris Delville on the cover
Dimensions: 190mm x 110mm x 18mm
This binding was featured in the exhibition "Poésie reliée"
One hundred masterpieces in the history of sound
Book: Unique copy in 2 volumes, year 2025
Printed on 90gsm Sennelier drawing paper by the author
Author, binder, and gilder: Marc Louwers
Binding: Bradel binding with attached boards
Goatskin cover
Cover illustration designed by the author
Title and design in gold leaf
Dimensions: 215mm x 160mm x 35 and 28mm
Magical Tales
Book: "Contes magiques" based on the Chinese text by Pu Sun-Lin
Author: Louis Lalloy. Published by L’édition d’art, Paris. 1925
Binder and gilder: Marc Louwers
Binding: Flexible full leather binding in goatskin
Goat's velvet endpapers mounted on Japanese paper
Leather headbands on thick linen thread
Decoration: Gilder's design in gold leaf
Dimensions: 185mm x 130mm x 25mm
This binding was featured in the exhibition "Contes et Légendes"
Other bookbindings
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