Working intuitively, Stumpf builds her sculpture with nontraditional and found materials such as piano parts, salvaged wood pieces, found metal objects, and discarded plastic. Sometimes they are left raw in their assembled state. Still, more often, they are coated with the paper from steeped tea bags and then atop a coating of either sand, sometimes wax, acrylic paint, or, more recently, a thin layer of concrete and reactive rust paint. The process is akin to alchemy — imbuing and transforming humble heaps of material into an elevated state of being. Abstract and symbolic, Stumpf’s sculpture has an otherworldly quality and is akin to memorial urns or ritual objects and reference decay, lost time, and a deep sense of the sublime.

Reliquia
Concrete, wax, pigment, paper from steeped tea bags, industrial wood mold, tulle, plastic and metal objects, and matte medium. 16 x 8 x 8 inches.

In Memoriam
Concrete, wax, pigment, paper from steeped tea bags, dress patterns, cheesecloth, typewriter parts, wood, shutter frames, and matte medium. 11 x 24 x 9.5 inches.

Altare
Concrete, reactive rust paint, wax, pigment, paper from steeped tea bags, melted broom, cloth, wood boxes, sand, acrylic paint, and matte medium. 24 x 16 x 11.5 inches.

Arcanum Munera
Concrete, reactive rust paint, wax, pigment, paper from steeped tea bags, piano parts, wood objects, wooden box, chain, metal mesh, sand, and matte medium. 25.25 x 22 x 8.75 inches.

Donum
Concrete, reactive rust paint, wax, pigment, paper from steeped tea bags, melted broom, cloth, wood boxes, sand, acrylic paint, and matte medium. 24 x 16 x 11.5 inches.

Reliquary 1 (For Her)
Wood, metal object, chain, car vin tags, acrylic, plaster and glue. 18 x 10.5 x 9 inches.

Reliquary 2 (For Us)
Wood, metal objects, chain, car vin tags, acrylic, plaster and glue. 18 x 10.5 x 9 inches.

Reliquary 3 (For Me)
Wood, metal object, chain, car vin tags, acrylic, plaster and glue. 31 x 10.5 x 9 inches.

Reliquary 4 (For Them)
Wood, metal object, chain, car vin tags, acrylic, plaster and glue.21 x 10.5 x 9 inches.

Reliquary 5 (For Him)
Wood, metal object, chain, car vin tags, acrylic, plaster and glue. 18 x 10.5 x 9 inches.

Hecate
Wax, pigment, gourd, dried flowers, canvas threads, paper, Styrofoam, metal object, dried bee, and acrylic. 27.25 x 6.5 x 7.5 inches.

Mistress of the Elements, Primordial Child of Time (For Lucius)
Wax, pigment, typewriter part, perfume bottle, cord, wood and plastic objects, sand, acrylic, and enamel paint. 11.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 inches.

Arete (Hymn for Us)
Wax, pigment, leather, tulle, wood objects, dirt, acrylic, and matte medium. 24 x 16.5 x 11 inches.

Flos Sacer
Paper from steeped tea bags, rubber bands, sanding wheel, wood objects, acrylic paint, sand, and matte medium. 23 x 11.5 x 11.5 inches.

Private Lineage
Wax, pigment, paper from steeped tea-bags and coffee filters, book, paper tags, metal objects, chain, string, wooden box, acrylic and matte medium. 22.25 x 11.25 x 6.5 inches.

Autumn of 1942 (The Arrival)
Paper from steeped tea bags, industrial wood mold, shutter louvers, plastic and wood objects. 63.75 x 11.5 x 13.5 inches.

And the Roots Came Searching for Me
Wax, paper from steeped tea-bags, shavings from PVC pipe, table leg, chopping block, fabric, acrylic paint and matte medium. 58.5 x 14 x 14 inches.

Stela
Wax, pigment, paper from steeped tea bags, tulle, scrabble tiles, wood and metal objects, dirt and matte medium. 36.5 x 6.25 x 6.25 inches.

For Lady Amalthea
Wax, pigment, gourd, rubber bands, conductor's baton, lace, copper shavings and dried flowers. 11.5 x 21 x 8 inches.

Secret Blockage 7 (By the Light of Antares, Cleared by Serqet)
Metal casing for vintage car reflector, electronic cable, wood, paper from steeped tea bags, screws, glue, acrylic medium, primer, oil paint. 6.75 x 6.75 x 6.75 inches.

Secret Blockage 1 (By the Light of Antares, Cleared by Serqet)
Mother of pearl component from an antique utensil, paper from steeped tea bags, wood pieces, metal box, wood box, door stop, hardware, twine, glue, acrylic medium, primer, oil paint. 14.25 x 5.5 x 5.5 inches.

Secret Blockage 4 (By the Light of Antares, Cleared by Serqet)
Wood, over sized letter opener, large needle, canvas scraps, foam board, paper from steeped tea bags, screws, glue, acrylic medium, primer, oil paint. 17 x 12.5 x 7.25 inches.