are smaller pieces of wood less likely to crack?

Hey DIYers... have a wood question. I have a stump/round chunk of wood that I'm hoping to carve a little something out of. Problem is, rounds crack. I would prefer to start carving asap, but I don't want my finished piece to crack. Do I have to wait months for the wood to dry and crack so I can choose an uncracked section of the wood to start carving, or can I go ahead and carve now with any part and if the end result is small (say, the size of a bar of soap or so), it'll be so small as to be able to dry without cracking?

Intuitively, it seems to me that smaller pieces of wood won't crack because there's less movement as the wood dries, but I don't know if that's actually true.

thanks!

Submitted May 29, 2015 at 11:25PM by bikegroobie http://ift.tt/1EF15Oq