Wrapping up...

This has been a "back to earth" week after all the excitement of the show itself.  We've gradually been winding things up...  A lot of clearing up had to be done and the church returned to its normal use.  The shipping crate which had been a feature of the show itself has been broken up (we hope to reuse some of the wood).  Almost all of the sold works have now been collected by or delivered to their new owners.  The remarkably few unsold works have gone to Loughborough to join another sale there.  And of course we've been trying to thank everyone who helped make this such a success.

The final count is that we have raised £20,000 for the artists, which is just a wonderful outcome and way in excess of our most optimistic targets.  We have had such a fabulous experience along the way, we will be remembering this for a long time to come.  And of course some of us have acquired our own sculptures from the show, which will continue to remind us of the Spirit of Zimbabwe!

I pasted up some pictures tonight of the volunteers into a kind of montage that we can send to the artists.  They have sent us so much about themselves, I thought perhaps they'd like to see this in return!  They are our family now, after all...