Jigsaw puzzle exhibition by Nanda Wijesekara

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Jigsaw puzzles have fascinated people for centuries. How these tiny pieces fit together to form a wonderfully intricate mosaic picture intrigues and engages us. Jigsaws, and the fascination they exert have certainly engaged Nanda Wijesekara who is now ready to exhibit her puzzles for the third time.

If you feel that a jigsaw puzzle exhibition is rather unconventional, then you are not alone. Nanda says that most people cannot understand the concept of a jigsaw puzzle exhibition until they actually see her framed puzzles. “I feel that the best way to understand this is if you actually come and see it,” she says.

A former teacher, Nanda retired from teaching when her husband received a scholarship to study in England and the family migrated with him. Upon returning to Sri Lanka, she began making costumes until her eyesight deteriorated. Friends who knew of her love for jigsaw puzzles began sending her puzzles from abroad and she began what is now a full time occupation. “I don’t feel the time pass,” says Nanda, who often starts doing her puzzles at 9 a.m. and continues till almost 3 p.m. – sometimes even forgetting to stop for lunch!

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