Founder of Leema Creations launch new book on carpentry tools
Channa Wijesekara, one of the foremost experts on wood technology and interior designing, recently launched a handy book authored on ‘The Usage of Hand Tools in Carpentry’.
Channa Wijesekara is the Founder Managing Director of Leema Creations (Pvt) Ltd., a leading interior solution provider and furniture manufacturer in Sri Lanka. He also serves as the incumbent Chairman of the Advisory Council on Wood and Wood Based Industries of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. He is also serves as the current President of Wood Based Industrialists’ Association of Sri Lanka The book titled ‘The usage of hand tools in carpentry’ is the first-ever, comprehensive publication on this specialized subject published in Sri Lanka. It serves as a complete professional guide immensely useful to both newcomers to the carpentry industry as well to seasoned old-timers in the trade. In his ‘introduction’, Prof. Ananda Jayawardena, Vice Chancellor of the Moratuwa University, says that this book imparts valuable knowledge on different tools and equipment widely used in the carpentry industry, with an accompanying lucid illustration on vital aspects such as right usage, the correct way of fixing tools and equipment and maintenance.
The author of the book, Mr. Channa Wijesekara is an incorporated Civil Engineering Diplomate of the University of Moratuwa and a Chartered member of the Institute of Incorporated Engineers. He has received specialized training in interior designing and wood technology for two-years full time certificate program’ in Germany. In addition, he has also completed a Diploma in Education Administration from Landau University in Germany. Subsequently, he was trained in Thailand and in Manila. As a professional on the subject, Channa Wijesekara is now working on publishing more valuable books authored by him on the carpentry, wood technology and interior designing industry for the benefit of the future generation