Hand-burned, rooted in NC

Meet Heather

One maker, one pen

NC Rooted is Heather Houser. She hand-burns every design herself, from her home and her booth in Millers Creek, out in the Wilkes County mountains of Western North Carolina.

It started with a wood-burning pen and a love of the wild things around here: highland cows, wildflowers, feathers, and the ridgelines that gave the shop its name. Now those designs go onto suede hats, bags, shoes, wood, and just about anything else worth making personal.

Because every piece is drawn and burned by hand, no two are ever exactly alike. That’s the point. Yours is yours.