halle dillard

I’m a multidisciplinary artist and fabricator with a background in sculpture, production design, and hands-on fabrication. My work is rooted in material exploration and three-dimensional storytelling, with experience spanning carpentry, welding, stained glass, CAD and digital fabrication, mold-making and casting, soft sculpture, and prop construction. Through both studio practice and film work, I’ve developed a strong eye for detail, spatial design, and creating visually engaging environments. I’m especially drawn to collaborative, fast-paced creative work that blends craftsmanship, problem-solving, and brand-driven visual experiences.

The process behind the project

A look into a few of my fabrication works

Adularescence - For this piece, it’s all about what’s inside. I fabricated this container to hold a custom cut moonstone from a local Austin jeweler. The top serves to mimic the adularescence formed by the elusive layers of the stone. I layered acrylic silhouette engravings of my face onto the 3D printed lid, to enhance the height field created from a grayscale image of my face.

Step Lightly - This brass ring was inspired by ballet shoe ribbons. I wanted to see how I could push the materials I was working with to soften the sturdy feelings we tend to reserve for metal. I put my brass sheets through the rolling mill as many times as it took, in order to receive my desired thickness. Then, I played with a variety of configurations, before soldering my final design.

Fusion360 CAM Setups

Constellation Carvings - For these pieces, I was tasked by another artist to create and test files that would engrave and cut out constellation patterns into several different materials, mainly wood, in order to streamline a workflow for his further plans for the pieces. It was imperative that I organize my files as orderly as possible for this. There were many duplicate curves and surfaces to keep track of, especially to ensure efficiency when creating each new constellation design.

Rhino8 CAD Designs