Forteza is a jacquard woven tapestry inspired by a 16th-century engraving in a tarot series of works by artist Hans Ladenspelder that depicts astrological iconography. Combined with the modern strength card imagery in the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, I wanted to create an image reminiscent of the Greek goddess Athena, the goddess of weaving, wisdom, and war but with a Black muse centered.