DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody officials gathered at Two Bridges Park April 22 to unveil a finishing touch on one of the city’s newer parks at 50 Perimeter Center East.
While Dunwoody is known for its 110-acre behemoth — Brook Run Park — smaller public greens tucked into neighborhoods around the city give residents easy access to outdoor activities.
At the park’s opening in May 2023, dozens of children and their parents turned out, letting city officials know the investment was worth it.
Dunwoody Parks and Recreation Director Rachel Waldron said the city left a space along the path for a public art installation at the Perimeter Center East entrance.
Reflections is a sheet metal sculpture, the first one built by sculptor and fabricator Huelani Mei. Metal fabrication involves cutting, bending, welding and assembling structures in an industrial process that can turn out some exceptional works of art.
Recreation Program Coordinator Andrea Perez came up with the concept for the sculpture, which ties in with others that Mei has crafted for Brook Run Park.
Mei said Waldron and Perez approached her with the vision for the sculpture.
A couple of conversations with an engineer and three different pours later, Mei created the centerpiece of the sculpture, a 5-foot-tall, reflective “D,” which took about four months to complete.
She said the metallic leaves sprouting out of the concrete were hand-forged and bent before everything was powder coated to provide a mirrored look.
The city hopes residents and visitors will stop by the park, see the sculpture and know they are in Dunwoody. The spot is very “Instagram-able,” something younger generations can appreciate, staff said.
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