After graduating from college with a degree in design, Lien Pao-ts'ai studied pottery and enameling and married a potter, so taking up pottery was no surprise.
銘傳商專設計科畢業的她，曾隨陶藝家邱煥堂學陶、林葆家習釉；又嫁了一個作陶的丈夫陳秋吉，如此一來，不作陶，那才奇怪。