it is a type of caly.
That is called "leather hard" clay
Leather Hard
Leather-hard (adjective) refers to a specific stage during the drying of a pot or other clay object. At this stage, the clay is still visibly damp (usually a darkish gray) but has dried enough to be able to be handled without deformation. The clay is able to be gouged or incised without breaking, but will not receive impressions.
Leather hard is a ceramicist's term. It describes the state of clay or porcelain when it is still damp but inflexible.
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It is too hard to mould, but soft enough to carve. It can be deformed by paddling, and burnished by rubbing. It can be a good time to attach handles to pots
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The stage reached in the drying of clay when most of the water of plasticity has evaporated off, maximum shrinkage has occurred and the clay particles have come into contact with each other. It is at this stage that most surface treatments and some secondary manufacturing techniques, such as paddling, are executed, because the clay is still moist enough to allow alteration. Also known as green-hard.
You turn the foot of a pot when it is leather hard.
1. Slip - Potters glue. Slip is used to join clay to clay and to decorate. It is the consistency of toothpaste when it is used like glue and paint when it is used like a glaze. It is usually a make of clay and water. 2. Plastic or wet - The best time for pinch construction, stamping and modeling. Cool the touch. 3. Leather hard - The best time to do slab construction or carve. It is cool to the touch and has the consistency of hard cheese or leather. There are 3 sub-catagories within leather hard. A. Early - Still able to move clay slightly without cracking or damage. B. Middle - Can no longer move clay without cracking or damage. Good time to create texture or carve into clay. C. Late - Clay is still cool to touch, good time to do detail carving, clean edges, fine tune, etc. 4. Bone dry - The clay is no longer cool to the touch and is ready to be fired. 5. Bisque - Finished ceramics that has been fired once. 6. Glaze ware - Finished ceramics that has a coat of glaze for decoration or to make it vitreous.
How to soften a new hard leather sofa?
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