Spring 2027

Digital Fabrication Studio

Digital Fabrication Studio introduces digital fabrication technologies in an artistic context, emphasizing integration with traditional material approaches to art production.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Meg Mitchell3.5/5

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.25 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.88 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Use basic vector, raster, and 3d software design tools in the preparation of files for various digital fabrication tools.

  • Effectively combine elements of material, visual and spatial organization to create narrative, associative, and metaphorical compositions in physical space.

  • Speak and write critically about personal and peer artworks and propose alternatives.

  • Place your artistic production in a historical and critical context through the analysis and discussion of texts related to mechanical and industrial production methods.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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ART 107 or declared in an Art graduate program

    • ART 107
    • declared in an Art graduate program
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ART 409

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  • Any of
    • ART 107
    • declared in an Art graduate program

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Raw average: 3.36/5 from 22 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.88 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MEG MITCHELL is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.25 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.88 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Practice and application of digital fabrication technologies in art.
  • Integration of digital fabrication with traditional material approaches.
  • Theoretical implications of digital and machine technologies on art practice.

Skills

  • Use vector, raster, and 3D software to prepare files for digital fabrication tools.
  • Combine material, visual, and spatial elements to create compositions in physical space.
  • Critically speak and write about artworks and propose alternatives.
  • Analyze texts on mechanical and industrial production to contextualize artistic work.

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ART 409 · Spring 2027

Digital Fabrication Studio

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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