====== Ana Yanka ====== ===== Persona ===== Mistress Ana Yanka, called Anya, does not have a defined persona. She has taken Duke Finvarr's advice to heart and opted not to constrain her interests to one time or place. She enjoys adopting Rus, Viking, Celt, and Tudor modes of dress. ===== Whereabouts ===== She is originally from the Kingdom of Atlantia and resided in Aethelmearc before moving to Ealdormere. She currently lives on the shore of Lake Huron within the [[branches:barony:ramshaven|Barony of Ramshaven]]. ===== Heraldry ===== * **Heraldry:** Per chevron Vert and Sable, a fox passant regardant Or maintaining a skull, in chief three jasmine flowers Argent * **Badge:** Fieldless, a fox sejant contourny guardant proper maintaining a skull Argent ===== SCA History ===== In 2011, Anya attended [[activities:events:pennsic_war|Pennsic War]] as her first SCA event. The following Pennsic she met her wife, [[people:Mjoll_Ulfsdottir|Mjǫll Kenimaðr]]. This subsequently led her to move to Ealdormere in 2015. She received her Orion Award at Pennsic in 2018. In the same year she entered a portfolio of illuminations in the [[activities:events:queen_s_prize_tourney|Queen's Prize Tournament]]. In 2019, she entered a series of illuminations in the [[activities:arts_sciences:kingdom_arts_and_sciences_competition|Kingdom Arts & Sciences Competition]]. Anya was accepted into the Order of the Crucible for scroll illuminations at Break the Back of Winter in 2020. She has also participated in the [[activities:arts_sciences:trillium_exchange|Trillium Exchange]]. ===== Groups ===== Anya is one of the founders of [[groups:households:fraken_kraken|Fraken Kraken]]. At Pennsic in 2019, Fraken Kraken was placed on the [[awards:scroll_of_honour|Scroll of Honour]] for providing hospitality following the Woods Battle. Anya is apprenticed to Dame [[history:lineages:line_of_berend|Marguerite Gingraix]]. She is also associated with the households of Sir [[history:lineages:line_of_evander|Varenko]] and Master [[history:lineages:line_of_tarkatai|Tarkatai]] via her wife, Mjǫll. Anya has previously associated with Chaos House in Aethelmearc and Chez d'Argent in Atlantia. ===== Office ===== Previously [[activities:service:offices:exchequer|Exchequer]] for the Canton of Northgaetham (2022). ===== Interests ===== * [[activities:martial:thrown_weapons|Thrown Weapons]] * [[activities:arts_sciences:illumination|Illuminated Manuscripts]] * [[activities:arts_sciences:calligraphy|Calligraphy]] * [[activities:arts_sciences:painting|Painting]] * [[activities:arts_sciences:leatherworking|Leatherworking]] (student of [[people:mjoll_ulfsdottir|Mjǫll Kenimaðr]]) * [[activities:arts_sciences:bookbinding|Book Binding]] * [[activities:arts_sciences:silk_banner_painting|Silk Banners]] * [[activities:arts_sciences:woodworking|Wood Carving]] * [[activities:arts_sciences:bone_carving|Bone Carving]] * [[activities:arts_sciences:cooking|Cooking]] * [[activities:arts_sciences:animal_husbandry|Rabbit Husbandry]] * [[[[activities:arts_sciences:middle_eastern_dance|Middle Eastern Dance]] ===== Dis-Interests ===== * Sewing (any and all) ===== Note ===== It should be noted that Anya gets embarrassed by grand gestures and being called into court. She would prefer not to be the object of attention in a social gathering. ===== Awards ===== * **[[awards:award_of_orion|Award of Orion]]** - August 9th, 2018 * **[[awards:guidon_du_sang|Guidon du Sang]]** - August 25th, 2018 * **[[awards:order_of_the_crucible|Order of the Crucible]]** - March 7th, 2020 * **[[awards:order_of_the_laurel|Order of the Laurel]]** - April 13th, 2024 ===== Contact Information ===== Anya can be reached by [[mailto:katherinehosie@gmail.com|email]]. ===== External Links ===== Photos of Anya's work are on her Artist Facebook page: [[https://www.facebook.com/KatieAlicynOldfield|Katie Alicyn Studios]] [{{ media:heraldry:personal_heraldry:ana_yanka_heraldry.png?200|Arms: //Per chevron Vert and Sable, a fox passant regardant Or maintaining a skull, in chief three jasmine flowers Argent.//}}] [{{ media:heraldry:personal_heraldry:ana_yanka_badge.png?200|Badge: //Fieldless, a fox sejant contourny guardant proper maintaining a skull Argent.//}}] [{{ https://66.media.tumblr.com/9627110d6928acd974c862c34974e24a/438d069714b48a82-02/s1280x1920/c363db0f2f05045d853648e4963ecb933da59334.jpg?200| Photo by Katie Oldfield, 2019 \\ Hyrrokin’s County Scroll. Illumination based on: Darabnama: Tamarusa and Shapur at the Island Nigar. c. 1585-1590. The British Library. Wording by [[http://ealdormerewiki.gyges.org/wiki/doku.php?id=people:evan_quicktongue|L. Evan Quicktongue]].}}] [{{ https://66.media.tumblr.com/f3bb4e2028b227c31cfbe69f1575416a/tumblr_o25jpwvdbs1un9ryqo3_1280.jpg?200| Photo by Katie Oldfield, 2016}}] [{{ https://66.media.tumblr.com/54c56f3eb2ae32e99c0a989be6cb111b/tumblr_oidd50LMOF1un9ryqo4_1280.jpg?200| Photo by Katie Oldfield, 2016}}] /* PLEASE DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS POINT - TAGS FOR AUTO-GENERATED LISTS */ {{tag>people:apprentices people:people_by_location:ramshaven people:people_by_household:bleek_paard history:lineages:line_of_berend people:order_of_the_laurel people:people_by_interest:bone_carving people:people_by_interest:calligraphy people:people_by_interest:illumination people:people_by_interest:painting people:people_by_interest:leatherworking people:people_by_interest:cooking people:people_by_interest:norse_culture people:people_by_interest:russian_culture people:people_by_interest:thrown_weapons people:people_by_interest:middle_eastern_dance people:people_by_interest:silk_banner_painting people:people_by_interest:animal_husbandry people:people_by_interest:bookbinding people:people_by_office:scribe}}