Life, Make Art Not War 2025 is an original framed ceramic art piece by Stoke-on-Trent artist Philip Hardaker, made in his studio in 2025.
The work brings together a hand-modelled and glazed ceramic word piece — "Life" — alongside a ceramic disc bearing the words "Make Art Not War", set against a decorative ground of found china shards gathered from the streets of Stoke-on-Trent. A quietly defiant work rooted in the Potteries landscape.
Indented into the glazed ceramic surface are the words:
"Life" and "Make Art Not War"
The piece is presented in a reclaimed gold-lined walnut-style frame, ready to hang.
- Medium: Hand-modelled and glazed ceramic with found ceramic shards
- Size: 17.5cm × 15.5cm
- Frame: Reclaimed gold-lined walnut-style frame
- Display: Wall hanging
- Year: 2025
- Artist: Philip Hardaker, Stoke-on-Trent