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
Soft leather is supple and easy to work with such as the material for leather gloves. This is distinguishes it from Hard leather like that used to make the body of a saddle, this material is thick and very stiff.
No it does not conduct electricity, and when hard it acts as an insulator..
it is not hard,only when put in oven,so it is soft
It is a metaphor because it says he is a hard lump of clay. I know that it is a metaphor because a metaphor describes something to another thing as something who is another thing, not something that is like another thing.
i dont know sorry you should look it up on a different website that doesnt suck
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.
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.
Teijin leather is hard to explain but as far as I can describe it almost feels like sharkskin you can feel it in top grade Nike mercurial vapor 8 and calf leather is like most leather cleats
Leather can be waterproof, which is suitible, it looks smart and neat and leather is also very strong so it would be hard to create a hole in your shoes.
get 10 defense, then buy your hard leather, and then you can wear it.
hard-working
You turn the foot of a pot when it is leather hard.
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.