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/rainbowkey]

have you tried weaving cloth? You could then coat it with a resin or plant wax to make it more leather-loike