Interview with Aishwarya Tennekoon

[Image of Aishwarya Tennekoon from his Instagram page.]

I found my interviewee Aishwarya Tennekoon through Instagram and the official website of Lanka Comic Con. His works (props, costumes etc)  are based on geek culture and fandoms and he owns a workshop called ‘Tenai Workshop’ where he sells these artifacts.

[Some of Aishwarya's works from his Instagram Page.]

I found his pieces very unique and inspiring and I was very enthusiastic when he agreed to the interview. Aishwarya wanted to have the interview done through WhatsApp chat as he did not have time to meet up due to his final exams. 

Prior to writing my interview questions I did a thorough research on him by reading a few articles that have been published on the Lanka Comic Con website and NewsIn Asia. This research was very insightful as I knew what questions to ask him and what questions he had already answered in his article. 

After the research I wrote an overview of what I wanted to get out of the interview. This helped me  get an idea of the questions I have to ask him.

Then I wrote the basic questions based on the overview I wrote. 

As Aishwarya wanted the interview through chat I wanted him to feel like it was an actual informal interview. So I developed the questions further to be more like a conversation rather than just to-the-point.

[Finalised questions developed from the basic ones.]

He was very friendly, welcoming and also very swift in sending me his responses to the questions. 

Attached below are the responses I got from him.