Intro Content | Register for MRROS 2025Welcome! Thank you for joining us in 2025 and so generously sharing your studio as part of Australia’s largest open studios event. We are thrilled to have you on board, and we’re here to support you on this exciting adventure. The Registration form has save-and-complete-later functionality and can take a couple of hours to complete. Some sections can be updated as the event draws nearer – these are noted below. Code of Conduct for MRROS eventMargaret River Region Open Studios is a not-for-profit organisation that provides event management and marketing for a 16-day event to promote artists at all stages of their career living between Busselton and Augusta and west of Sues Road. As a participant in the 2025 MRROS event, you are expected to show respect and courtesy to others. All interactions should be professional regardless of platform: either online or in-person. In order to foster a positive and professional event, we ask you to confirm your agreement to our Code of Conduct. I agree to:
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Name | Marina Saker |
Contact Number | 0405774565 |
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How do you describe your gender? | Female |
What’s your age range? | 45 - 54 |
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Residential Address | 30 Moriarty Place Yallingup, West Australia 6282 Australia Map It |
Studio Address | 30 Moriarty Place Yallingup, West Australia 6282 Australia Map It |
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Artist Website | marinasaker.com |
Instagram Handle | https://www.instagram.com/marinasakerjewellery/ |
Facebook Page | facebook.com |
About heading | ABOUT YOUR ART |
In which medium do you work? Please select up to 4 mediums from options below |
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Describe your experience | Midcareer |
Artist Statement for the Website | Marina’s journey into the world of jewellery design and silversmithing started when she took time off work in the corporate world and began to explore her creative side again. She started oil painting lessons at Fremantle Arts Centre then moved onto silversmithing classes. She realised very quickly that this is where her passion lay. She’s touched on many techniques including keum boo, enamelling and the ancient art of lost wax casting. After a few years she decided to turn her hobby into a little business after many requests from family and friends to have custom pieces made. Marina has taken many other classes since then around the world learning new techniques to create her designs. Marina was born in Zimbabwe where she lived for 12 years. She was raised in Cyprus and then lived in Paris for six years before moving to Perth where now calls home. In 2020 Marina moved to New York with her husband and Labradoodle Ollie before returning in 2023. Marina now spends most of her time at her home in the Yallingup hills surrounded by nature where she has as home studio. Marina works with predominantly sterling silver, gold and semi-precious gemstones. Her favourite stones to work with are solid Australian opals and turquoise. |
Artist Statement for the Event Guide | My journey with jewellery making began in 2017 after taking classes and falling in love with the craft. I carefully source all my gemstones which feature in my work and predominately work with solid Australian opals and turquoise |
Image Upload Intro | Uploading your imagesStep 1 – Add 1 image that best represents your work for the printed Event Guide Step 2 – Add an additional 9 artwork images and studio portraits for our marketing team Step 3 – Add up to 10 images for your website listing – they can be the same or different to the images above Step 4 – Add one main image for your website listing. Each image must be 300dpi, between 2.5MB and 5MB, and formatted as a jpeg file. Re-name all files to include your name, artwork title, year created, medium and size before uploading e.g., Jane Doe_Wild Seascapes_2018_Oil on canvas_10x10cm. Please ensure the filenames contain only alphanumeric characters, underscores or hyphens. Special characters such as punctuation will cause the upload to fail. Please add a photographer credit to the file name if required by the photographer. (Note: we love to use smiling, welcoming studio portraits to promote MRROS on social media) Please Note: Website images can be edited by logging in after your registration is complete. Event Guide Images and Additional Images can not be edited online. Replacement Event Guide images can be sent to Emily Jackson em@emilyjacksondesign.com.au Replacement Additional Marketing images can be sent to Lizzy Pepper marketing@mrros.com.au |
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Studio heading | Studio Details |
Briefly describe your studio space (is it in your home, shed, farm etc, is it filled with light, is it tiny or cavernous?) & can you provide a taste of what visitors will see and experience there? | I have a studio on my property which is surrounded by trees and nature. It has lots of natural light and I have my workbench, tools and my jewellery display set up in there. |
Describe the kind of interactive experience you may provide to visitors. E.g. are you demonstrating your art practice? | I have my workbench, tools and my jewellery display set up. I will sometimes be working at my bench when visitors arrive and they are welcome to watch and chat. |
Are you sharing a studio with another artist? | No |
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Accessibility guidelines | Is there a clear and accessible path to your front entry?
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Marketing heading | MARKETING AND PUBLICITYThe next section helps our marketing contractors get to know more about you and helps them in promoting your studio.. If you do not wish to participate in PR and marketing opportunities, you can skip to the next section. |
Events heading | Events, Workshops, 'In-conversation' events and Special ActivitiesIf you are running a workshop, in-conversation event or other immersive experience (outside of your usual Open Studios demonstrations) please include the details and a booking link (if required) here. You will be able to continue to add/edit your events when your listing is live. Events listed in this section will be featured on the Events Calendar page of the website. PLEASE NOTE: Events without a date or image will not appear on the website Event Calendar. If you are planning a regular event (eg a daily workshop) please enter this as a single event and include the days it will be running in the description. Please keep this section for special Events only - Demonstrations which are part of your regular Open Studios offering can be included in your Artist Statement for the Website instead. |
Event One Heading | Event One |
Event Two Heading | Event Two |
Event Three Heading | Event Three |
Username | Marina Saker |
Payment heading | Payment DetailsThe total fee for participating in the Open Studios Event in 2025 is $935 including GST, and made up as follows:
Full payment is required upfront by credit or debit card. |
Billing Address | 30 Moriarty Place Yallingup, WA 6282 Australia Map It |
Event Registration and Membership 2023 | Event Registration and Membership 2025, Qty: 1, Price: $ 935.00 |
Total | $ 935.00 |
Credit Card | MasterCard XXXXXXXXXXXX1195 |
