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Not so pretty. The beads collapsed. Brainstorming for possible reasons ....

• need a support under the pasta
• fired for too long or at too high temp
• ramped the kiln too quickly
• too much or too little clay on the form
• the pasta burst and wrecked the form as it heated
  

Things to try:

• stuff the pasta with cork clay for support
  
• use PMC3 and fire lower
• let the kiln ramp at a lower rate