Frances Wildt Pavlu was educated at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, receiving a Diploma of Gold and Silversmithing, in 1975.
In 1976, she gained a Crafts Certificate in Jewellery from Sir John Cass School of Art Institute.
She also attended courses and worked in Pforzheim, West Germany and at Georg Jensen A/S in Copenhagen, Denmark.
[1] Frances Wildt Pavlu's jewellery was noted for its sculptural forms.
She was a lecturer at Queensland College of Art in the Gold and Silversmithing Department where she worked with Lyle Tweeddale, Maurice Maunsell and Jorgen de Voss.