Spring 2027

Advanced Wood Working

Advanced Wood Working develops advanced concepts and techniques in wood-based functional and/or fine art forms.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Katie Hudnall

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.50 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Develop a deep understanding and "material empathy" for wood, demonstrating advanced skills in carving, shaping, and constructing complex forms, including sophisticated joints and intricate designs.

  • Apply advanced woodworking processes and techniques, making informed decisions based on structural, conceptual, and aesthetic needs of their projects, and critically evaluating the effectiveness of their choices.

  • Expand knowledge of woodworking terminology, enabling precise and effective communication of project ideas and requirements, and facilitating the acquisition of specialized materials.

  • Demonstrate expert use of both machine and hand tools commonly used in woodworking, ensuring safe and efficient practices, and critically assessing their own and others' adherence to safety protocols.

  • Conduct a critical analysis of the historical, cultural, and environmental contexts of woodworking, synthesizing understanding into advanced projects that reflect a nuanced awareness of the implications and "baggage" associated with working with wood.

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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Prerequisites

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ART 334 or declared in an Art graduate program

    • ART 334
    • declared in an Art graduate program
    take one
ART 534

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  • Any of
    • ART 334
    • declared in an Art graduate program

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.50 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

KATIE HUDNALL is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. 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 — Spring 2025: 3.50 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Wood-based functional and/or fine art forms
  • Carving, shaping, and constructing complex forms with sophisticated joints and intricate designs
  • Use of machine and hand tools in woodworking
  • Historical, cultural, and environmental contexts of woodworking

Skills

  • Carving, shaping, and constructing complex forms with sophisticated joints and intricate designs.
  • Applying advanced woodworking processes and making informed decisions based on structural, conceptual, and aesthetic needs.
  • Using woodworking terminology to communicate project ideas and acquire specialized materials.
  • Expert use of machine and hand tools with safe and efficient practices.
  • Critical analysis of historical, cultural, and environmental contexts of woodworking.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
ART 534 · Spring 2027

Advanced Wood Working

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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Model & dataset provenance 
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