Do you have trouble firing glazed beads?

Make yourself a "bead tree", as suggested by Alma Andrews (see illustration).Make a cone of clay about 10-13cm high, either by throwing it on the wheel or pinching or coiling it by hand. Let the clay stiffen a bit and then stick into it short lengths of nichrome or kanthal wire. On the "branches" of the "tree" you can thread your beads, keeping them a short distance apart so that they will not stick together when the glaze melts.

Courtesy COLLECTED WISDOM | 50 years of handy hints from the Ceramic Study Group, Australia