Miquel is a specialist in stone vaulting and arches and has built countless groin, barrel and ribbed vaults, adapting the most suitable technique to the needs of each project. He has developed a special method for symmetrical construction of timbrel vaults with stone bricks 4… cm thick making use of gravity and operating by compression, with the bricks taking the stresses jointly. This involves modifying the conventional 40 x 80 cm format so as to have a building block whose weight permits the use of the timbrel vault technique.

Another technique that he has revived by experimentation is that of suspended plaster vaults, built over a structure of timbers recycled from a local carpenter’s waste skip in combination with wattle and plaster, so the material cost is low and the key component is labour.

He is also a specialist in building dry-stone walls.

In his facet as a stone sculptor he has produced new creations and also performed restorations, such as of a sculpture of Caesar Augustus that was knocked over by a truck and for which Palma de Mallorca city council commissioned a reconstruction from its fragments. He then carved a replica of the statue that is installed in the city’s Vía Roma, while the restored original is to be seen in Paseo de la Rambla.

He also makes carved lettering, a field that is sadly underdeveloped in our country. He has compiled hundreds of fonts: uncial, roman, serif, manuscript, nested, etc. as a first step of self-teaching, although calligraphic art also involves personalised letter design for each artefact. With carved lettering, a stone acquires unsuspected value through workmanship and design, asserting the transformative power of craft, allied with good design, over material.

In his workshop he also makes pebble pavings, to which he adds several layers of textile fibre so as to achieve a robust and uniform surface able to bear the weight of a vehicle. Using textiles rather than metal mesh avoids future metal corrosion. Enmacats (mac meaning “pebble”) are hard marble stones that progressively acquire a sheen as they are trodden underfoot and swept until they shine like gemstones, improving with age like a fine wine. Prior sorting by size and colour makes the artisan work methodically. Miquel has also built numerous structures in Mallorcan paret seca dry stone.

He also makes mosaics, in which marble fragments from around the world or remnants of kitchen worktops and bar counters are salvaged to make fine, subtle objects. Mosaics are a product well suited to these times: with a material cost near zero and plenty of time invested in it, the artefact takes up little space, has a high market value and, even if not sold at once, serves to advertise the maker’s craft.