Laughing Fish Beasti - Cardiff Bay, Wales. - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

There are a series of these sculptures in the Cardiff Bay area, at Brittania Quay also the Bay Waterfront park, they have come to known as Beasti Benches. This bench looks like a fish with a wide grin and lots of teeth, to eat you up with. The fish tail is engraved with the words, "And the Laughing Fish".
This creature is a carved ceramic seat with a great view of the Roath Dock overlooking the new BBC Wales studios, perhaps a great place to sit and read Dylan Thomas's poem ‘Ballard of the long legged bait’

Info on Sculptor Gwen Heeny :- (visit link)

From ‘Ballard of the long legged bait’

"Always good luck, praised the finned in the feather
Bird after dark and the laughing fish
As the sails drank up the hail of thunder
And the long-tailed lightning lit his catch." (visit link)

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Laughing Fish - Beasti Bench Figure Type: Fantasy creature Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Gwen Heeney Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1994 Materials used: Sculpted ceramics & Carved Brick Location: Waterside, Britannia Quay.

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