diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d1d1bc5..71cdb39 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "byte_lamination"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Olivier 'reivilibre'"]
 repository = "https://git.emunest.net/reivilibre/byte_lamination.git"
diff --git a/src/compression/zstd.rs b/src/compression/zstd.rs
index 5847b80..e01fb35 100644
--- a/src/compression/zstd.rs
+++ b/src/compression/zstd.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ use std::error::Error;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use crate::{AutoDelaminate, AutoLaminate, ByteLamination};
 
+/// Wrapper that performs Zstd (de)compression on the bytes.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Ord, PartialOrd, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
 pub struct Zstd<'a, T> {
     bytes: Cow<'a, [u8]>,
     _marker: PhantomData<T>,
@@ -24,7 +26,19 @@ impl<'a, T> Into<Cow<'a, [u8]>> for Zstd<'a, T> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, T> ByteLamination<'a> for Zstd<'a, T> {}
+impl<'a, T> ByteLamination<'a> for Zstd<'a, T> {
+    fn as_cow_bytes(&self) -> Cow<'_, [u8]> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(&self.bytes)
+    }
+
+    fn into_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn try_from_bytes(bytes: Cow<'a, [u8]>) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        Ok(Self::from(bytes))
+    }
+}
 
 /// Default Zstd compression level used for the AutoLaminate helper.
 pub const DEFAULT_ZSTD_LEVEL: i32 = 12;
@@ -50,9 +64,10 @@ impl<'a, T> Zstd<'a, T> {
 }
 
 
-impl<'a, T: AutoLaminate<U> + ByteLamination<'a>, U> AutoLaminate<U> for Zstd<'a, T> {
+impl<'a, T: AutoLaminate<U> + ByteLamination<'a> + 'a, U> AutoLaminate<U> for Zstd<'a, T> {
     fn laminate(item: U) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
-        let bytes: Cow<'a, [u8]> = T::laminate(item)?.into();
+        let lamination = T::laminate(item)?;
+        let bytes: Cow<'_, [u8]> = lamination.as_cow_bytes();
         Zstd::compress(&bytes, DEFAULT_ZSTD_LEVEL)
     }
 }
@@ -61,6 +76,6 @@ impl<'a, T: AutoDelaminate<U> + ByteLamination<'a>, U> AutoDelaminate<U> for Zst
     fn delaminate(self) -> Result<U, Box<dyn Error>> {
         let memory_limit = max(DEFAULT_MEMORY_LIMIT_MINIMUM, DEFAULT_MEMORY_LIMIT_MULTIPLIER * self.bytes.len());
         let bytes = self.decompress(memory_limit)?;
-        T::from(Cow::Owned(bytes)).delaminate()
+        T::try_from_bytes(Cow::Owned(bytes))?.delaminate()
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7bf9fc9..6cb1304 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::error::Error;
 
+pub mod raw;
 pub mod compression;
 pub mod serialisation;
 
@@ -42,6 +43,12 @@ pub trait AutoDelaminateBorrowed<'a, T> {
 }
 
 
-pub trait ByteLamination<'a>: From<Cow<'a, [u8]>> + Into<Cow<'a, [u8]>> {
+pub trait ByteLamination<'a>: Sized {
+    /// Get the raw bytes from this lamination.
+    /// If possible, this should return borrowed bytes.
+    fn as_cow_bytes(&self) -> Cow<'_, [u8]>;
 
+    fn into_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8>;
+
+    fn try_from_bytes(bytes: Cow<'a, [u8]>) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>>;
 }
diff --git a/src/raw.rs b/src/raw.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d7d000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/raw.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+use std::error::Error;
+use crate::ByteLamination;
+
+impl<'a> ByteLamination<'a> for Cow<'a, [u8]> {
+    fn as_cow_bytes(&self) -> Cow<'_, [u8]> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(self.as_ref())
+    }
+
+    fn into_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn try_from_bytes(bytes: Cow<'a, [u8]>) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        Ok(bytes)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> ByteLamination<'a> for Vec<u8> {
+    fn as_cow_bytes(&self) -> Cow<'_, [u8]> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(self.as_ref())
+    }
+
+    fn into_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn try_from_bytes(bytes: Cow<'a, [u8]>) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        Ok(bytes.into_owned())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> ByteLamination<'a> for String {
+    fn as_cow_bytes(&self) -> Cow<'_, [u8]> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(self.as_bytes())
+    }
+
+    fn into_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn try_from_bytes(bytes: Cow<'a, [u8]>) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        Ok(match bytes {
+            Cow::Borrowed(bslice) => {
+                std::str::from_utf8(bslice)?.to_owned()
+            }
+            Cow::Owned(bvec) => {
+                String::from_utf8(bvec)?
+            }
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> ByteLamination<'a> for Cow<'a, str> {
+    fn as_cow_bytes(&self) -> Cow<'_, [u8]> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(self.as_bytes())
+    }
+
+    fn into_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn try_from_bytes(bytes: Cow<'a, [u8]>) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        Ok(match bytes {
+            Cow::Borrowed(bslice) => {
+                Cow::Borrowed(std::str::from_utf8(bslice)?)
+            }
+            Cow::Owned(bvec) => {
+                Cow::Owned(String::from_utf8(bvec)?)
+            }
+        })
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/serialisation/bare.rs b/src/serialisation/bare.rs
index 91fc97a..f4b5a26 100644
--- a/src/serialisation/bare.rs
+++ b/src/serialisation/bare.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use crate::{AutoDelaminate, AutoLaminate, ByteLamination};
 
 /// Wrapper that uses serde to perform BARE serialisation on an arbitrary type.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Ord, PartialOrd, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
 pub struct SerdeBare<'a, T> {
     bytes: Cow<'a, [u8]>,
     _marker: PhantomData<T>,
@@ -26,7 +27,19 @@ impl<'a, T> Into<Cow<'a, [u8]>> for SerdeBare<'a, T> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, T> ByteLamination<'a> for SerdeBare<'a, T> {}
+impl<'a, T> ByteLamination<'a> for SerdeBare<'a, T> {
+    fn as_cow_bytes(&self) -> Cow<'_, [u8]> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(&self.bytes)
+    }
+
+    fn into_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn try_from_bytes(bytes: Cow<'a, [u8]>) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        Ok(Self::from(bytes))
+    }
+}
 
 impl<'a, T: Serialize> SerdeBare<'a, T> {
     pub fn serialise<'inp>(inner: &'inp T) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
diff --git a/src/serialisation/cbor.rs b/src/serialisation/cbor.rs
index e3c0525..ff78b7d 100644
--- a/src/serialisation/cbor.rs
+++ b/src/serialisation/cbor.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use crate::{AutoDelaminate, AutoDelaminateBorrowed, AutoLaminate, ByteLamination};
 
 /// Wrapper that uses serde to perform CBOR serialisation on an arbitrary type.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Ord, PartialOrd, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
 pub struct SerdeCbor<'a, T> {
     bytes: Cow<'a, [u8]>,
     _marker: PhantomData<T>,
@@ -26,7 +27,19 @@ impl<'a, T> Into<Cow<'a, [u8]>> for SerdeCbor<'a, T> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, T> ByteLamination<'a> for SerdeCbor<'a, T> {}
+impl<'a, T> ByteLamination<'a> for SerdeCbor<'a, T> {
+    fn as_cow_bytes(&self) -> Cow<'_, [u8]> {
+        Cow::Borrowed(&self.bytes)
+    }
+
+    fn into_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn try_from_bytes(bytes: Cow<'a, [u8]>) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        Ok(Self::from(bytes))
+    }
+}
 
 impl<'a, T: Serialize> SerdeCbor<'a, T> {
     pub fn serialise<'inp>(inner: &'inp T) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {