An ink jet recording element having a substrate having thereon an image-receiving layer of a filler and coated particles of a polymeric hard core-polymeric soft shell, the Tg of the polymeric hard core material being greater than about 60 C. A plurality of cylinders surround the longitudinal axis, with each having a closed end and an open end. Heat may be applied to the formation to raise a temperature of a portion of the formation to a pyrolysis temperature.