Art, honesty, and business

In the United States, many companies—large and small—are rediscovering the adage that honesty is the best policy. As the founder of this magazine, Mary Baker Eddy, wrote more than a hundred years ago, "Honesty is spiritual power" (Science and Health, p. 453).

This has been clearly proved in the experience of Victoria and Richard MacKenzie-Childs, owners of a company with a worldwide reputation in the design and manufacture of home furnishings, majolica dinnerware, glassware, linen, and specialized accessories. Their designs are available at more than 150 shops throughout the United States, and in a limited number of boutiques globally.

However, when Victoria and Richard emerged from college with master's degrees in fine arts—which included the study of sculpture, theater, pottery, and clothing design—they had no idea of the direction their lives would take. They spent two years working—and learning!—in a pottery factory in Devon, England, and returned home to jobs in teaching, sculpture, and clothing design.

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