WELCOME TO THE GOURD ART OF BETTY AND KEN BLAKELEY.

Members of the Sonoran Art League

Also Juried members of the Arizona Art Alliance

Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by our web-site.

Ken and I started working on gourds back in 2000. 

We took a "gourd 101" class from a gal on our beach

in Baja, Mexico.  As Ken says, we no longer have a

hobby, it's now a way of life!

Hope you enjoy looking at our gourds as much as

we enjoy creating them!

 Punta Arena, Bay of Conception,

                              Baja, Mexico  January, 2000

The very first gourd for each of us!

This is what our first attempts turned out to be.  We really thought we'd

done something special.  In fact we gave these to our respective

Mothers as a gift.  We're amazed every time we look at them to

think that what we do now, started out with something as simple

as this.  Below are the actual first pieces. Well, everyone has to

start somewhere!