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the piece will be enhanced by the varying winds off the lake. The established blue <br />stem prairie grasses growing underneath it will further enhance the piece's motion. <br />l believe this will help connect the piece to Elk River's past: the blowing grass has a <br />very water -like quality as it sways and bends in the breeze. Attention will go to the <br />movement created by the wind as a whole, both through the grasses and through <br />the sculpture itself. <br />Installation and Maintenance <br />The piece is designed to need as little maintenance as possible. It is designed <br />for years of active use, with all wearing parts of the kinetic sculpture being easily <br />replaced years down the road should the need ever arise. 1 recommend that <br />someone inspect the piece once a year to ascertain that the piece and the bearings <br />are in good working order. <br />The bearings are designed for years of use in industrial sites and in wet <br />locations, at higher rpm's than the wind can even produce through the piece. Still, it <br />is possible that years down the road, some bearings may need to be replaced. I made <br />this process easy by using standard sized replaceable off -the -shelf sealed stainless <br />steel bearings that run on stainless steel shafts inside stainless steel sleeves, to <br />ensure easy and smooth bearing replacement if necessary, The whole piece will be <br />bolted to a cement anchor point in the middle of the flowerbed. <br />