In the summer of 1968 Chris attended her first pottery class at Penland School of Crafts, Penland, N.C. Here she discovered the thrill of putting this slick material on a potter's wheel and making it grow into a cup or a bowl, or if less fortunate, turn into a mass of mud before her eyes. Paulus Berensohn taught her how to pinch this material and make it grow into soft and sensuous shapes.

Chris has studied with Cynthia Bringle, Paulus Berensohn, Paul Soldner and Andrea Gill among other teachers. Minimize this information.