Blaine Kern, known as "Mr. Mardi Gras" is the world's largest and most respected floatbuilder. Since 1947, Blaine Kern's family-run company has grown to create 75% of all the spectacular props and floats seen in Mardi Gras parades.

The company is perhaps most recognized as producers of 40 parades annually for the New Orleans world renowned Mardi Gras celebration. Today, Blaine Kern Artists creates superfloats like the Leviathan and SS Captain Eddie, with ornate design, sound, and miles of fiber optic lights that illuminate the hearts of parade goers. In addition to producing more illustrious works each year, the company maintains the largest fleet of parade floats worldwide.

From preliminary design to completed float, Blaine Kern Artists has grown to become the foremost producers of public celebration floats throughout the world. Kern Studio artisans work right at Mardi Gras World building props for most of the major theme parks, casinos, and amusement parks around the globe ... plus floats for as many as 60 nation-wide parades, bowl game festivities every year. Acquiring such a unique and diverse client list reflects both the company's ability to facilitate the most discriminating aesthetic demands, while overcoming any logistical concerns. Corporate clients include Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, and Japan's famous Toho Theme Park. Renowned public celebrations continue the diversity from Philadelphia's Thanksgiving Day Parade to the carnival parades in Antibes and Juan Les Pin, France.

A creative stable of artists and craftsmen are housed within Blaine Kern's American and European Studios where the design and development of all of their works are governed by an unflappable focus to stringent specifications noted for their professinal finish. Together, the Kern Studios companies work appears throughout the United States and eleven foreign countries.

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