Movere Choro

by Edward Chudleigh MBE

Movere Choro, Latin for “waggle dance” is a 3D printed sculpture made entirely from plant matter, potato starch and sugar. The piece comprises twelve honeycomb dodecahedrons created by calculating data captured from a real beehive located in Salisbury.

To make each dodecahedron, the dimensions of the honeycomb (produced by the bees) was measured, with many subsequent drawings and models following. Once a 3D model had been created, a bespoke 3D printer was developed, from scratch, by the artist.

Once balanced, the sculpture moves with the wind, rotating in unique patterns and various directions. This
movement mimics the waggle dance a bee performs when alerting its hive to the location of a new source of nectar. The sculpture is intended to reflect the beauty and randomness of nature and takes its inspiration from the precision of the honeycomb as well as the uniqueness of the honeybee’s famous waggle dance.

In loving memory of Tom Jacob Conlon.

“May fair winds always fill your sails”.