The subject of jewellery vs. jewelry often comes up on social media and in the workshop and has recently led to some surprisingly heated exchanges! So we thought we would take a look at these different spellings and pronunciations, where they come from, where they’re used, and ultimately answer the question of whether it really matters at all.

Anticlastic raising is a metal forming technique used to create curved forms with sheets of metal. The process involves using a crosspein hammer and a metal forming stake to compress the centre of a sheet of metal and stretch the edges creating curves that bend in opposite directions to each other, forming a saddle shape. This technique can be used to create complex forms in both jewellery and silverware.