Checkered style is playful, full of personality and undeniably glamorous touch to your décor. But it is a very intriguing fact that for centuries the cultures and groups of people referred to the checkered patterns as a symbol of their community or cause.
Do stroll until the bottom to click on the link to watch a tutorial on how to paint checkered pattern
Did you know?
The black and white squares can symbolize the constant struggle between good and evil, light and darkness, or virtue and vice. This symbolism is evident in religious art, where checkerboard floors may represent the path to righteousness, with each step requiring a choice between right and wrong.
Checkerboard floors known since roman times and were especially popular during the Renaissance in Europe.
Checkered patterns have taken so many different forms throughout time — and while they may seem classic and simple, their variations have represented deep emotional and ideological ties to masses of different groups.
Scottish tartan can be dated back to the third and fourth centuries being used to define what region or family people belonged to.
13th century Indian workers wearing homemade checkered patterned garments, picked by punks in 70th to whom checkerboard pattern symbolized a fight against segregation, following by teenagers wearing classic checkerboard slip-on shoes from Vans and many more.
And with the wide spread of media we are, modern representatives of do-it-yourself trend, brought this pattern up to a higher level, shaking off and enhancing their history increasingly using bold colorways and exciting combinations, mixing the checks with other patterns creating modern and playful look, setting exciting accents in any interior.
Tammy Tycher
Mad Mockingbird
Mackenzie Childs style is playful, full of personality and undeniably glamorous touch to your décor.
They are one of the world’s leading pottery manufacturers, best known for its signature Courtly Checks black and white checkerboard pattern.
MacKenzie-Childs is best known for its signature Courtly Checks black and white checkerboard pattern. ‘Courtly’ according to the Collins dictionary is refined, elegant, flattering; ‘suitable for the king’s court’! No joke.
It is a luxury expensive brand.
I have done some research and found that many artists successfully painting the pieces of furniture inspired by MacKenzie-Childs style.
Here is my favourite :
Lisa at Mad Mockingbird
Her favourite piece of her own collection is handpainted grandfather’s clock.
One can admire the precision of the design and the choice of colors in Lisa’s work.
She is taking outdated vintage furniture pieces and turning them into functional works of art. Each piece is designed and hand painted by Lisa.
Facinated by the checkered style I have tried to paint my own piece.
Click on the link below to watch the full tutorial on my YouTube channel.
