Raising (metalworking)
Raising is a metalworking technique whereby sheet metal is depressed in a stump or other solid object by repeated 'courses' of hammering and annealing. A Sheet metal worker is often required to raise, or bump, the work into form from the flat metal, by means of a raising hammer and raising block. The raising block is made from substance giving resistance to the blows.
A modern term is Synclastic raising, the dominant curves of the object being forged are at right angles and move in the same direction; as in a bowl. This results in a surface possessing elliptic geometry.
Anticlastic raising, on the other hand, refers to shaping an object where the dominant axes move in opposite directions; a familiar example of this is a potato chip. This results in a surface possessing hyperbolic geometry.
