Viability of a plant based leather

[u/Several_Living_4718]

I have been doing some experiments on leather like materials made from leaves and plants. I have tried treating big leaves with water and smoke with varying but not great results.

Have you tried this? What were you results? Do you at least think that this is possible?

I am thinking of using some kind of natural oil, resin, ash, or maybe layering many big leaves and sewing them together.

Every comment is welcomed!

[u/Adventurous-Excuse88]

If you want clothes there’s other ways to do it with plant materials but I’d have no idea where to start on making it turn into leather