5. 'Salt-Glazed Saints' Bangalow. April 2026.

Damion Fuller is a ceramic artist based on the north coast of New South Wales whose practice reinterprets the mythology of 1970s surf culture through contemporary ceramic form. Working primarily in fine white stoneware and sandy raku clay, he constructs large-scale vessels that function as narrative surfaces. Onto these he sketches and carves cobalt slip illustrations of exaggerated male figures—composite characters drawn from the golden era of surfing in Hawaii, California, and Australia. Fuller’s work explores nostalgia, masculinity, freedom, and place, translating personal memory and subcultural history into tactile, three-dimensional storytelling. While rooted in surf heritage, his practice moves beyond homage, positioning the ceramic vessel as both sculptural object and cultural archive.