Abi Crompton (Third Drawer Down Gallery at 52 Robe St, St Kilda, Melbourne in the old Nefertiti video store.

The gallery has small-scale original works (usually, but not only, on paper) by the artists represented by Third Drawer Down… “artists deep in their career, younger artists just starting out, artists not primarily known for their works on paper and artists you’ve never heard of coexist” in this great space. Stop by for a cuppa and a look-see.

Abi Crompton : Issue Seven : Introduction
We had seen and admired Abi Crompton’s Third Drawer Down products for a long time and so, when a trip to Melbourne was in the offing, we thought we’d drop her a line saying it’d be great to say hello. Next thing we know Abi’s invited us to stay and the more we’ve gotten to know her, the more we admire her ‘doability’, imagination, integrity and glorious sense of humour. Abi is the creative and practical genius behind two great, but very different brands. Third Drawer Down came first. The concept is simple, Abi commissions artists around the world to create works for her that she then prints (in limited edition) onto tea towels, lapkins, table runners and the like. Except people don’t seem to want to use them to dry their dishes or keep them in their drawers (let alone the third down). Instead they’re treasured as works of art in their own right, worthy of a place over the mantlepiece. Enter Abi’s other business/project, Magnart. ‘What could that be?’ You ask. We say, ‘Read on’ … Df

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