With a background in Fine Art, music and woodworking, Heather Cecilia Deyette approaches her career in Violin Making with a natural aptitude for both the artistic and woodcraft aspects of the trade. Completing her first violin through a program in Surry County, North Carolina, it was an intuitive culmination of her previous endeavors: printmaking, then subsequently timber framing and carpentry.

In 2018 she acquired an apprenticeship with renowned violin maker, Ryan L Soltis, where she thrived with his systematic and exquisitely detailed approach to the craft.

Since early 2020 she has been working closely with William Robert Scott of Minneapolis, Hors Concours awarded and widely recognized maker, collaborating with him on his workshop instruments while focusing on creating her own custom instruments for professional level players.