But all that vanished after he began studying under the pottery master Lin Pao-chia. It was 1979. He was working at another company as a research specialist, often asking older potters for advice, when he came across some ceramic creations of great achievement and originality. "I suddenly burned with a powerful urge to learn and to create," he says.
民國六十八年，徐崇林因在順隆工廠擔任研究專員，時常與陶藝界的老前輩請益，而有機會接觸到一個個完全擺脫「匠」氣的自由創作的陶藝品，「當時內心燃起一股極為強烈的求知慾及創作衝動」，徐崇林形容。